The Maoists in Chhattisgarh expanded their target base on Friday when for the first time the Left extremists attacked and killed three personnel of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
The Maoists blew up a jeep these men were travelling in while passing the Kahoka village in Manpur. The area is 120 kilometres from the district headquarters Rajnandangaon, Chhattisgarh.
Incidentally, newly appointed CRPF Director General K Vijay Kumar is on a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh at the moment taking stock of the situation in the state where 14 companies of CRPF are deployed in anti-Naxalite operations, particularly in hyper-sensitive areas of the Bastar division.
Rajnandgaon district Superintendent of Police Badri Narayan Meena said: "The incident took place before noon when Naxalites apparently triggered a landmine, targetting a jeep in which the ITBP personnel were travelling."
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