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{{Short description|Ambush of law enforcement by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh, India}} | {{Short description|Ambush of law enforcement by Naxalite-Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh, India}} | ||
{{For|the May 2010 bus bombing|2010 Dantewada bus bombing}} | {{For|the May 2010 bus bombing|2010 Dantewada bus bombing}} | ||
{{Infobox military conflict | |||
| conflict = Dantewada Ambush | |||
| place = Chintalnar, [[Dantewada district|Dantewada District]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]] | |||
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg|size]23px}} [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Maoist CPI]] | |||
| combatant2 = '''{{flag|India|name=Indian Government}}''' | |||
* {{flagicon image|..Chhattisgarh Flag(INDIA).png|size=20px}} [[Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh State Government]] | |||
| width = 330px | |||
| partof = the [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]] | |||
| strength1 = 300-1000 militants | |||
| strength2 = 86-200 policemen | |||
| date = 6 April 2010 | |||
| casualties1 = 8 killed | |||
| casualties2 = 76 killed<br>8 wounded | |||
| result = Maoist victory | |||
* Deadliest attack on Indian Police by Maoist terrorists, as of 2022 | |||
* Indian Police convoy suffer heavy casualties | |||
| units1 = Local Maoist tribes | |||
| units2 = {{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg|size=23px}} '''[[Central Reserve Police Force|Central Police Force]]''' | |||
* Chhattisgarh Police | |||
}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} | {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} | ||
{{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}} | {{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}} | ||
{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}} | |||
The '''April 2010 Dantewada Maoist attack'''<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1981122,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413155217/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1981122,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 April 2010 | magazine=Time | title=Massacre Prompts Debate Over India's Maoist War | date=2010-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/dantewara-massacre-the-post-mortem-19434.php |title = Dantewada massacre: The post-mortem |access-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411041230/http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/dantewara-massacre-the-post-mortem-19434.php |archive-date=11 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an 6 April 2010 ambush by [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency|Naxalite-Maoist insurgents]] from the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] near Chintalnar village in [[Dantewada district]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]], leading to the killing of 76 [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]] policemen and 8 Maoists<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maoists-slit-throats-of-2-cops-lost-8-of-their-own-in-attack/602158/|title=Maoists slit throats of 2 cops,lost 8 of their own in attack|date=9 April 2010}}</ref> — the deadliest attack by the Maoists on [[Law enforcement in India|Indian security forces]].<ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/20-security-men-killed-by-naxals-in-chhattisgarh-19293.php |title=74 security men killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2010-04-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100409053805/http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/20-security-men-killed-by-naxals-in-chhattisgarh-19293.php| archive-date= 9 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8604256.stm|title=Scores of Indian soldiers killed in Maoist ambushes|date=6 April 2010|publisher=BBC World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/75-security-personnel-killed-in-Chhattisgarh-Maoist-ambush/articleshow/5765722.cms|title=75 security personnel killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush|date=6 April 2010|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> | |||
The | The attack occurred when over 85 officers from the central paramilitary force [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) and a local police group were conducting an area domination exercise in the [[Bastar division|Bastar]] tribal region of the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/07/stories/2010040756680100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106034004/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/07/stories/2010040756680100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title=Maoists massacre 74 CRPF men|author1=Aman Sethi |author2=D. Chandra Bhaskar Rao |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 April 2010}}</ref> | ||
Ambush style attacks on Indian Police have been repeated since by Maoist terrorists <ref>{{Cite web|title=India steps up anti-Maoist operations after 22 policemen killed|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/6/india-steps-up-anti-maoist-operations-after-22-policemen-killed|access-date=2021-08-21|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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P Chidambaram, India's home minister, condemned the attack, saying it showed the "savage nature" of the Maoists.<ref name="alj"/> The attack was a blow to the Indian government as it came days after Home Minister P Chidambaram described the rebels as "cowards enacting dramas". Mr Chidambaram has said troops will intensify the offensive if the rebels do not renounce violence and enter peace talks.<ref name="bbc"/> On 9 April Chidamabram offered his resignation to Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] over the issue, which the Prime Minister rejected.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chidambaram-offers-to-resign-over-Dantewada-PM-rejects/articleshow/5777654.cms|title=Chidambaram offers to resign over Dantewada, PM rejects|authors=TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES|date=9 April 2010|newspaper=Times of India|location=New Delhi}}</ref> | P Chidambaram, India's home minister, condemned the attack, saying it showed the "savage nature" of the Maoists.<ref name="alj"/> The attack was a blow to the Indian government as it came days after Home Minister P Chidambaram described the rebels as "cowards enacting dramas". Mr Chidambaram has said troops will intensify the offensive if the rebels do not renounce violence and enter peace talks.<ref name="bbc"/> On 9 April Chidamabram offered his resignation to Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] over the issue, which the Prime Minister rejected.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chidambaram-offers-to-resign-over-Dantewada-PM-rejects/articleshow/5777654.cms|title=Chidambaram offers to resign over Dantewada, PM rejects|authors=TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES|date=9 April 2010|newspaper=Times of India|location=New Delhi}}</ref> | ||
The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) argued for an "all-out offensive" against the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Govt-outraged-over-attack-BJP-wants-fight-to-finish/H1-Article3-527924.aspx |title=Government outraged over Maoist massacre; BJP wants 'fight to finish' |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=2010-04-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100408002728/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Govt-outraged-over-attack-BJP-wants-fight-to-finish/H1-Article3-527924.aspx| archive-date= 8 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= | The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) argued for an "all-out offensive" against the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Govt-outraged-over-attack-BJP-wants-fight-to-finish/H1-Article3-527924.aspx |title=Government outraged over Maoist massacre; BJP wants 'fight to finish' |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=2010-04-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100408002728/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Govt-outraged-over-attack-BJP-wants-fight-to-finish/H1-Article3-527924.aspx| archive-date= 8 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
The Maoist leader Gopal stated that the attack was conducted as a "direct consequence" to the government's [[Operation Green Hunt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/chhatisgarh-attack-consequence-of-green-hunt-maoist-leader/story-G4utwRHT24hNgnug1PLs1L.html |title=Chhatisgarh attack 'consequence' of Green Hunt: Maoist leader |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=2010-04-06}}</ref> | The Maoist leader Gopal stated that the attack was conducted as a "direct consequence" to the government's [[Operation Green Hunt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/chhatisgarh-attack-consequence-of-green-hunt-maoist-leader/story-G4utwRHT24hNgnug1PLs1L.html |title=Chhatisgarh attack 'consequence' of Green Hunt: Maoist leader |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=2010-04-06}}</ref> | ||