Chhattisgarh: Naxals trigger deafening blast, Raman Singh vows retaliation

Six security personnel were killed and another was critically wounded on Sunday when Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The deafening blast, on the Bacheli-Cholnar road, targeted a jeep in which seven security personnel were patrolling in a remote area, killing five of them instantly, Inspector General of Police (Bastar) Vivekanand Sinha has reportedly said. A sixth person succumbed to his injuries later. The explosion was so powerful that the jeep was shattered into many parts.

The bomb went off the moment the moving vehicle came over it, leaving a small crater on the road.