Bharatiya Janta Party MLA Bhima Mandavi and four security personnel were killed when their convoy was attacked by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
The incident took place at Shyamagiri hills when the MLA’s convoy was heading towards Kuwakonda from Bacheli area.
As the convoy made its way through Shyamagiri Hills, which is about 350 km from state capital Raipur, the car carrying the MLA was ripped apart in the explosion.
The Naxalites blew up a vehicle in the convoy and they did that with the help of an IED and also opened fire at the occupants.
The MLA along with four security personnel were killed in this attack. After the attack, the Security forces were rushed to the area.
A similar incident that took place in the Naxal hotbed of Bastar ahead of the assembly elections in May 2013. Twenty-seven people, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma and former Union minister V C Shukla, were killed at that time.
The blast was so dangerous that the bulletproof SUV, in which the MLA was traveling was thrown in the air and split into two.
As per some media reports, Maoists used at least 20 kg of explosives in the attack.
Also, after the explosion, Maoists opened fire on the convoy as well.
Before the assembly elections in November last year, a CISF personnel and three civilians were killed in Dantewada when an improvised explosive device planted by Naxalites tore through a bus.
Dantewada falls in the Bastar Lok Sabha seat which will go to polls in the first phase on April 11.
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