NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed condolences over the death of 8 security personnel and driver in Chhattisgarh police vehicle attack and vowed to end Naxalism from India by March 2026 saying the “sacrifice of our soldiers won’t go in vain”.
Earlier today, Naxals triggered IED blast at one of the police vehicle after which eight security personnel and a vehicle driver were killed in Bijapur district of Bastar division around 2.30 pm in Kutru-Bedre route.
Expressing condolences, the Union minister said that the sacrifice of the soldier will not go in vain.
“I am deeply saddened by the news of the loss of DRG soldiers in an IED blast in Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). I express my deepest condolences to the families of the brave soldiers. It is impossible to express this grief in words, but I assure you that the sacrifice of our soldiers will not go in vain. We will end Naxalism from the land of India by March 2026,” he said in a post on X.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai also condemned the attack and said that the Naxalites are carrying out such cowardly acts out of frustration because of the government’s Naxal eradication plan.
Strongly condemning the act, the Chhattisgarh CM said that the sacrifice of the soldiers will not go in vain, the fight to end Naxalism will continue.
“The news of the martyrdom of a driver along with 8 soldiers in an IED blast carried out by Naxalites in Kutru of Bijapur district is extremely sad. My condolences are with the families of the martyrs. I pray to God for peace to the souls of the martyred soldiers and to provide strength to the bereaved families. The Naxalites are frustrated with the ongoing Naxal eradication campaign in Bastar and are perpetrating such cowardly acts out of frustration. The sacrifice of the soldiers will not go in vain, our fight to end Naxalism will continue strongly,” he said in a post on X.
CM Vishnu Deo Sai and others observed a minute’s silence at an event in Mahasamund as a mark of tribute to the nine people who died in an IED blast by naxals in Bijapur.
Preliminary information indicates that the jawans were on their way to neighbouring Dantewada district on a Scorpio vehicle, when the IED exploded.
After the attack, Chhattisgarh deputy CM Arun Sao said, “Information about a cowardly attack by Naxalites has come from Bijapur. I express condolences for the Jawans…this is a cowardly action…as Jawans are working towards eliminating naxals…they have done this due to desperation and disappointment. This sacrifice of the jawans won’t go in vain.”