CHHATTISGARH: Indian Police on Thursday said that Maoist rebels hadambushed and killed four Indian paramilitary soldiers and wounded anothertwo in the insurgency-wracked Chhattisgarh state.
Police officer D.M. Awasthi said that the rebels fired on the soldiers, whowere on a patrol today in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state.
Other details were not immediately available.
The Indian government says the insurgents are the country’s most seriousinternal security threat. The rebels control large swaths of the area incentral and eastern India and say they are fighting to obtain more jobs,land and wealth from natural resources for poor and indigenous communities.
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The rebels, also known as Naxalites, have ambushed police, destroyedgovernment offices and abducted government officials for more than fourdecades.
They are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.
