70 CRPF men killed in Chhattisgarh

Some 70 policemen, mostly the CRPF men were killed as a combing party of the Chhattisgarh police was ambushed when it was on its way back after completing its operations near Markam Nala in Chintaguppa police station limits of Dantewada district in the early hours on Tuesday. The police sources, which confirmed the incident, said that the Maoist triggered two land mines targeting the bullet-proof vehicles carrying the jawans. They said that the casualties might go up further.