2023 Dantewada bombing
While they were returning from an anti-Maoist operation undertaken based on intelligence inputs, a party of ten policemen and their driver who were members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of Chhattisgarh Police were killed in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated by Naxals.Since asserting control over extensive tracts of terrain in central and eastern India, the group has been regarded as the greatest threat to the nation's internal security, creating a so-called "red corridor."They conduct their operations against the Indian government and army out of dense forests in a covert manner.[4] Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel responded to the event by sending his sympathies to the victims' families and denouncing the assault.Additionally, he tweeted that the attack on DRG jawans was regrettable and that everyone should show respect for the deceased.