Massacre not without losses for Maoists, eight felled by CRPF

NAXALS-CASUALTIES

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 9 (PTI) The massacre of 76
security personnel by Maoists in a dense forest of Dantewada
on Tuesday did not come without losses for the outfit whose
eight guerrillas were gunned down in the fightback by the
Central Reserve Police Force.
In a statement, the 'Dandakaranya Special Zonal
Committee' of the banned organisation, while patting its back
for the "valour" shown by People's Liberation Guerrilla Army
(PGLA), has admitted to have lost eight of its cadres in the
gunfight.
According to the release signed by Ramanna, member of the
Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the Communist Party of
India (Maoist) issued on Thursday, the deceased PGLA cadres
are Rukmati, Bagal, Vizaal, Ingaal, Raju, Mangu, Ramal and
Ratan.
Amid perception that about 1000 Maoist rebels were
involved in the ambush between Tadimetla and Mukram villages
in Dantewada, in central India, the release claimed that only
300 of its fighters took part in the attack.
In all 75 sophisticated weapons, including 21 AK-47
rifles, 38 Insas, seven SLRs, six Light Machine Guns, one
stengun and one 2-inch mortar were looted by the guerrillas,
who shot dead 75 CRPF men and a state police personnel in the
operation that lasted about three hours on April 6.
The release claimed that the ambush was planned and
executed to protest 'Operation Green Hunt', a multi-state
operation simultaneously launched in all naxalite-hit states.
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