Maoists open fire at mining facility in Chhattisgarh
July 13th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by IANSRaipur, July 12 (IANS) Nearly 40 armed Maoists including some women, opened fire at a mining facility of India’s largest iron ore miner, NMDC Ltd, Monday night in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said.
Maoists set ablaze a vehicle at Akash Nagar area on a hilltop at Bacheli mining facility of the NMDC. The Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) personnel fired in retaliation, a local police official told IANS over phone.
The official said no casualty or injury was reported. The gunbattle site is located some 420 km south of capital Raipur.
Maoists raided a NMDC explosive depot in February 2006 at Kirandul, an adjoining town of Bacheli, and walked away with some 20 tonnes of explosives after killing eight CISF men.
- Maoists kill two CISF men at Chhattisgarh mining site - Nov 16, 2011
- Terror grips NMDC miners a day after Maoist attack - May 15, 2012
- Day after blast, terror stalks Chhattisgarh miners - Jun 27, 2011
- Railways suffer loss in Chhattisgarh as protest continues - Jan 20, 2012
- Maoists kill six CISF troopers, driver in Chhattisgarh (Lead) - May 14, 2012
- Maoists set six iron ore laden trucks on fire - Aug 14, 2010
- Maoist shutdown hits iron ore shipment in Chhattisgarh - May 22, 2011
- Maoists blast rail tracks in Chhattisgarh - Sep 27, 2011
- Maoists' shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation - Jul 08, 2011
- Anti-railway Bastar protests halt iron ore shipments - Jan 18, 2012
- Anti-railway protest halts iron ore shipments (Lead) - Jan 19, 2012
- Strike hits mining in Chhattisgarh - Feb 28, 2012
- NMDC resumes full production after Maoist attack - Jul 13, 2010
- Chhattisgarh legislator threatens to stop NMDC mining - Jan 29, 2012
- Bodies of slain Chhattisgarh cops ferried in garbage truck - Jun 28, 2011
Tags: casualty, central industrial security, chhattisgarh raipur, district police, explosives, hilltop, India, iron ore, maoists, monday night, nmdc, open fire, police official, retaliation, security forces, tonnes