Ten police personnel, driver killed in blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
Dantewada (PTI): Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Wednesday, officials said.
The incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said.
The area is located around 450 km from state capital Raipur.
Naxalites blew up the mini-goods van in which the security personnel were travelling by using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), police sources said.
Further details were awaited.
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15 passengers sustain minor injuries after KSRTC bus overturns in Karnataka's Chitradurga district
Chitradurga (Karnataka) (PTI): Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries after the KSRTC bus they were travelling in overturned after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle in this district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident occurred near Heggare in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district at around 7 am, they said.
According to police, the bus was en route from Raichur to Bengaluru when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, hit a divider and the bus overturned.
Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries and were shifted to the Challakere Government Hospital, they said.
The accident is suspected to have occurred due to the driver losing control after falling asleep, police said.
Further investigation is underway, they added.
