The attack scene – Dadapur Road – borders Dandakaranya and the Maoists’ Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh (MMC) zone, they added. “It is a well-planned attack in which company number four of North Gadchiroli… Maoists played a major role. The Wednesday attack scene – North Gadchiroli – covers one of the nine divisions of the Maoists in Dandakaranya, they added. There are possibilities that Maoists from Chhattisgarh were also involved in the attack,” said Chhattisgarh police chief D M Awasthi. “Usually in this TCOC [tactical counter offensive campaign] period Maoists coordinate and unite to attack the security forces.

Source: Hindustan Times May 02, 2019 02:26 UTC