<p>Four civilians and a CISF jawan were killed when suspected Maoists blew up a bus with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Thursday, four days ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls in the state, police said.</p>.<div><p class="bodytext">Two personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were also injured in the explosion, the third Naxal attack in 15 days in the poll-bound state.</p><p class="bodytext">The attack comes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit on Friday to Jagdalpur district, about 100 km from Dantewada, to campaign for the BJP.</p><p class="bodytext">The IED explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli, about 450 km from here, when the CISF personnel, belonging to the 502nd battalion, were returning to their camp in Akashnagar area after purchasing groceries from a local market, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said. The Naxals triggered a powerful IED blast near Curve No. 6 on the hills, he said.</p><p class="bodytext">Those killed in the blast were identified as CISF head constable D Mukhopadhyay, bus driver Ramesh Patkar, helpers Roshan Kumar Sahu and Johan Nayak, and a truck driver, Sushil Banjare.</p><p class="bodytext">The truck driver had taken a lift in the bus, another police official said.</p><p class="bodytext">Two CISF constables — Pathare Satish and Pishal Suresh — were injured in the attack, Pallava said. Reinforcements were rushed to the spot and the injured personnel and bodies shifted to hospital.</p><p class="bodytext">Security forces have launched a combing operation in the area to trace the ultras.</p></div>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>READ MORE</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/caught-naxal-ambush-dd-staffer-700890.html" target="_blank"><strong>Naxal ambush: DD staffer records message for mother </strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cop-injured-dantewada-naxal-700870.html" target="_blank"><strong>Cop injured in Naxal attack dies, toll at 4</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong>Firing</strong></a><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong> went on for 45 mins: journo who survived </strong></a><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong>attack</strong></a></p>
<p>Four civilians and a CISF jawan were killed when suspected Maoists blew up a bus with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Thursday, four days ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls in the state, police said.</p>.<div><p class="bodytext">Two personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were also injured in the explosion, the third Naxal attack in 15 days in the poll-bound state.</p><p class="bodytext">The attack comes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit on Friday to Jagdalpur district, about 100 km from Dantewada, to campaign for the BJP.</p><p class="bodytext">The IED explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli, about 450 km from here, when the CISF personnel, belonging to the 502nd battalion, were returning to their camp in Akashnagar area after purchasing groceries from a local market, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said. The Naxals triggered a powerful IED blast near Curve No. 6 on the hills, he said.</p><p class="bodytext">Those killed in the blast were identified as CISF head constable D Mukhopadhyay, bus driver Ramesh Patkar, helpers Roshan Kumar Sahu and Johan Nayak, and a truck driver, Sushil Banjare.</p><p class="bodytext">The truck driver had taken a lift in the bus, another police official said.</p><p class="bodytext">Two CISF constables — Pathare Satish and Pishal Suresh — were injured in the attack, Pallava said. Reinforcements were rushed to the spot and the injured personnel and bodies shifted to hospital.</p><p class="bodytext">Security forces have launched a combing operation in the area to trace the ultras.</p></div>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>READ MORE</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/caught-naxal-ambush-dd-staffer-700890.html" target="_blank"><strong>Naxal ambush: DD staffer records message for mother </strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cop-injured-dantewada-naxal-700870.html" target="_blank"><strong>Cop injured in Naxal attack dies, toll at 4</strong></a></p>.<p class="bodytext"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong>Firing</strong></a><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong> went on for 45 mins: journo who survived </strong></a><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sounds-bullets-grenades-went-700846.html" target="_blank"><strong>attack</strong></a></p>