An election convoy attacked by Maoist in Chhattisgarh Twitter'At the moment we are ascertaining the number of dead,' a senior officer from Chhattisgarh state told AFPIndian police said Maoist rebels launched a deadly attack on a ruling party campaign convoy in a restive central state Tuesday, just two days before voting starts in the country's general election. "At the moment we are ascertaining the number of dead," Girdhari Nayak, a senior officer from Chhattisgarh state, where the attack occurred, told AFP. Chhattisgarh: BJP convoy attacked by Naxals in Dantewada. The Maoists struck in the last national election in 2014, killing seven police in a landmine attack. The year before, in regional polls, 25 Congress party politicians were murdered in an ambush on their convoy by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 09, 2019 13:30 UTC