The driver told that after the incident, seven security personnel in his vehicle jumped down and took a position on the side of the road and started shooting towards the forest. On the condition of anonymity, this driver in his 20s said, “My vehicle was second to the cafe. Seven security personnel were traveling in the vehicle. When your vehicle slowed down for Gutkha, we were about 200 meters before the blast site. Meanwhile, the coach behind us overtook us and after going some distance, there was a sudden explosion. I think the target was a vehicle but God saved us.
“All the security personnel in my vehicle and I jumped out of the vehicle before the cloud of dust and dirt started rising,” he said. The SEALs of the security force took position on the roadside and started shouting at them (Naxalites) for scams and started firing indiscriminately.
The driver said, “The vehicle was blown up in front of me. I saw bodies and vehicles lying in pieces on the road. I could not understand anything. I crawled under your vehicle to cover.” The driver said the shooting continued for about 15 minutes but he did not see any suspects in the woods.
“The security personnel asked me to return to Arnpur, after which I went back to the police station, about a kilometer from the site of the attacks,” he said. While returning, I am following and informed about two important incidents of the motorcycle. Yet they knew very well that something had happened, because the sound of the explosion was so loud that it could be heard from afar.
The driver said, “I saw CRG and others in CR start moving towards the pedestrians. The driver told that he was familiar with Dhaniram Yadav, the driver killed in the blast. His tears are not stopping.
After this incident, a video taken from a mobile phone has also gone viral on social media. Which is being described as a video taken after the explosion. In one video, a person is on the road and some people are calling him. In the second video, there is a picture of the road after the blast and the voice of a man who is saying in desperation “Ud gaya bhaiya, pura ud gaya”.
Police officials of Bastar region said that on the possible information of opponents of Darbha Division Committee in the area, about two hundred security force seals were sent to Aranpur area on Tuesday night. The encounter between security forces and the boys took place on Wednesday morning near Nahari village, about seven kilometers from Aranpur, following which two suspected criminals were apprehended, he said. They were returning to their headquarters in a fresh convoy of security on Saturday afternoon after an anti-rogue operation in the area, the police officer said. He didn’t reveal much.
The attackers targeted the second vehicle and detonated it when it was about 100-150 meters between the two vehicles, he said. Due to this the vehicle completely crashed and all the 11 people in it died on the spot. Police officials said the security personnel killed in the attack belonged to the District Reserve Guard (a rival unit of the state police). Of the martyrs, Sil was a resident of Athavera district while one each was from neighboring Sukma district and Bijapur district. Most of the youth of Bastar region have been recruited in DIG. The people of these parties are considered experts in making claims. There are some surrendered criminals in this team.
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