The attack came ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections.
Agencies
Raipur, October 30:
A cameraman of Doordarshan TV and two police personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday.
A Doordarshan crew was moving with a security patrol for a story when they were ambushed in Aranpur area, Deputy Inspector General of Police P. Sundar Raj told the media here.
#DDNews had deputed team to cover #Chhattisgarhpolls, comprising of Camera person-Achyuta Nanda Sahu, Dheeraj Kumar and MM Sharma. In a #Naxal attack #AchyutaNandaSahu was martyred. The entire #DDNnews Family salutes his service and stands by his family in this hour of grief pic.twitter.com/xIh74b055g
— DD News (@DDNewslive) October 30, 2018
“Two police personnel died on the spot while a cameraman suffered grievous injuries and later succumbed to his injuries,” he added.
The slain police personnel were identified as Mangal Ram and Rudra Pratap Singh. The cameraman who was killed was Achyutanand Sahu.
The attack came ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Maoists have asked people to boycott the polls.