Maoists carried out near-simultaneous attacks on four Central Resesrve Police Force camps in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, triggering gunbattles but there was no immediate report of casualties.
About 300 to 400 Naxalites carried out the attacks on the camps of the paramilitary personnel at Chintangufa, where 75 CRPF men and a policeman were killed in the worst Maoist strike two weeks ago, Kanker Lanka, Potampalli and Bheji in quick succession beginning at around 1930 hours, sources said.
The CRPF men retaliated, sparking intermittent gunbattles with the Maoists in all the four places till 2130 hours. There was no immediate report of any casualty on either side, said the sources.
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