A day after attacking CRPF party, Maoists call bandh in five states

Raipur: A day after 26 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and seven injured in what is being seen as another major Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, the Naxals have called for a bandh in five states of Jharkhand, Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. (Read: Maoists attack CRPF party, 26 jawans killed)



Besides these five states, two Naxal strongholds in Maharashtra, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, and Madhya Pradesh\'s Chandrapur and Balaghat districts would also be under the purview of the bandh.



For the first time, the Naxals have exempted the Railways from the 48-hour bandh, which is apparently in protest against the Centre\'s alleged anti-people policies.



On Tuesday, at least 90 heavily-armed Maoists, perched on a hilltop, opened fire from automatic weapons on a 63-member security contingent which was returning on foot from road opening duty in an area under Dhaurai police station, 3 km from the CRPF camp in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, at about 3 pm. CRPF Director General Vikram Srivastava is visiting the attack site today. All 26 bodies have been brought back to Raipur, where the post-mortem will be done. (Watch: Injured have been evacuated, says Home Secretary)



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The CRPF men from 39the Battalion, E and F companies, were securing the area ahead of a two-day Naxal-sponsored bandh starting Wednesday. The fight went on for about 1.5 hours.

The injured were evacuated and taken to a hospital by a helicopter.



Additional Director General of Chhattisgarh Police Ramniwas said the security personnel, who also included state policemen, retaliated but it was not clear if any Maoist was killed or wounded.



Tuesday\'s attack came nearly three months after the country\'s worst Maoist attack, in which at least 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a state police personnel were killed in an ambush on April 6 in the thick Mukrana forests of Chhattisgarh\'s Dantewada district. (Read: 76 security men killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh)



Barely a month after the deadly attack on the CRPF, Naxals triggered a bus blast on May 17 in Dantewada in which 31 people were killed, mostly civilians. (Read: Dantewada bus blast toll 31, PM to review Naxal strategy)




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