Left wing Extremists: Bhima Mandavi, BJP Legislator From Dantewada, Among 5 Killed By Maoists

BJP lawmaker Bhima Mandavi and four others were killed this evening when his convoy was ambushed by Maoists in the Dantewada region of Chhattisgarh. The attack comes two days before the national elections begin. The Maoist-hit Bastar region goes to polls in the first phase.
The lawmaker had been campaigning in the area when his convoy was targeted.  
Photographs from the spot indicate the Maoists set off a blast through an Improvised Explosive Device that was buried on the road. A huge crater can be seen on the road and the vehicle mangled and overturned.
Five people died instantly -- most of them suspected to be security personnel accompanying the lawmaker.
The gunfight that followed is still on, sources said. The Central Reserve Police Force has rushed reinforcements in the area.
Bhima Mandavi, 40, had snatched the reserved constituency of Dantewada from Congress's Devti Karma in last year's assembly elections.
Chhattisgarh votes in three phases in the election - April 11, April 18 and April 23.

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Source https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-convoy-attacked-by-maoists-in-chhattisgarhs-dantewada-report-2020458

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