The forested area under Chhotebethiya police station where the gunpowder dump hidden by Maoists exploded killing four police personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on May 2, 2026.
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement.
Four members of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guards (DRG) were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of a gunpowder dump during a search operation in the State’s Kanker district on Saturday (May 2, 2026), a senior police officer said.
The victims were in a forested area under the Chhotebethiya police station when sacks of gunpowder, found in an abandoned Maoist hideout, exploded.
Published – May 02, 2026 03:50 pm IST
