NEW DELHI – Indian Naxals blew up a police vehicle in Chhattisgarh’sDantewada on Sunday. At least six security personnel were killed in theattack, an official told news agency PTI.

One other jawan has been injured in the blast in Dantewada’s Cholnarvillage, which ripped apart the police vehicle in which they weretravelling.

The bomb went off the moment the moving vehicle came over it, leaving asmall crater on the road.

This is second such attack in the month of May. Earlier, a 39-year-oldpolice constable was killed and a civilian sustained injuries whensuspected Maoists opened fire at them in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaondistrict on May 6.

The incident occurred late in night in Sadak Banajari village where thepolice jawan, identified as Ganeshwar Singh Uike alias Ravi, had gone toattend the marriage of his cousin brother, a local police official said.

Uike, who was a Maoist before being recruited as constable in the DistrictReserve Guard (DRG) of Rajnandgaon, had surrendered before the police in2011, he said.

He was said to be on the target of Maoists since 2016 when he joined theDRG, the official said.