The Rajnandgaon ambush occurred on 12 July 2009, when around 29 members of the Indian Police were killed in three connected attacks by Maoist naxalite rebels in Rajnandgaon, 90 km (56 mi) from Raipur (India's Chhattisgarh state).[3]
| Rajnandgaon ambush | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India (Chhattisgarh Police) | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Unknown | Vinod Kumar Choubey (IPS) | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 300 | 40 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Unknown | Approximately 29 killed[1][2] | ||||
Incident edit
In the morning of 12 July 2009, Vinod Kumar Chaubey who was the Superintendent of Police of Rajnandgaon district received a message about a naxalite attack in Madanwada that had killed two policemen. Chaubey travelled to the spot with reinforcements, and was attacked along the way. The rebels lay in ambush along a stretch of the road where they had placed land mines. All in all, at least 29 policemen were killed, including Chaubey.[2][1]
Chaubey was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra award for gallantry, by the President of India.[2]
The Rajnandgaon ambush is one of the most serious attacks carried out by the naxalite rebels in Chhattisgarh.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Ambush kills 29 Indian policemen". BBC News. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Chhattisgarh govt to hold judicial probe into SP's killing in 2009 Maoist attack". The Times of India. TNN. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b Mishra, Ritesh (20 January 2020). "Chhattisgarh sets up panel to probe 2009 Madanwada Maoist ambush". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 September 2021.