Details emerging from the blast site also indicate that the guerillas are far from a spent force, and retain the ability to plan in advance and launch lethal attacks on security forces. The night before the blast, on April 30, the Maoists torched 36 vehicles in Dadapur village, a settlement about 15 kilometers away from the spot of this blast. The road in Gadchiroli is a black-top road that is level with its surroundings, unlike in neighboring Chhattisgarh where many interior roads are built on raised embankments. “It is possible that after their success in killing 52 Maoists last year, the Maharashtra police had become complacent,” the source said. Maharashtra police officers said the explosion could have been motivated by a need to respond to these killings.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2019 21:00 UTC