| Rajnandgaon ambush | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India (Chhattisgarh Police) | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Unknown | Vinod Kumar Choubey (IPS) | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 300 | 40 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Unknown | Approximately 29 killed[1][2] | ||||
The Rajnandgaon ambush occurred on 12 July 2009, when around 29 members of the Indian Police were martyred in three connected attacks by Maoist naxalite in Rajnandgaon, 90 km (56 mi) from Raipur (India's Chhattisgarh state).[3]
- ^ "Ambush kills 29 Indian policemen". BBC News. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
toi 2019was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mishra, Ritesh (20 January 2020). "Chhattisgarh sets up panel to probe 2009 Madanwada Maoist ambush". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 September 2021.