Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including a Deputy Commandant, were killed and three others injured in a landmine blast suspected to have been triggered by Maoists in the interior of Bastar district on September 29. The ultras blew up a CRPF road opening party vehicle as it reached Mardoom killing four of them1.

• 1. “4 CRPF personnel killed in Bastar landmine blast”, Hindu, September 30, 2008, at http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093050410100.htm