India mourns CRPF troopers
A day after Maoists slaughtered 76 security personnel deep in the forests of Chhattisgarh, Indian authorities on Wednesday vowed to hit back amid hints that air power may be used against the rebels to crush the four decades-old insurgency.
As a numbed India paid homage to the 75 men of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a lone Chhattisgarh policeman killed a day earlier, there was a grudging acceptance that the war against the tenacious and heavily armed Maoists would be long drawn.
Text: IANS
Images: AP
Image: Paramilitary soldiers stand at attention in front of colleagues killed in Maoist attacks, after the bodies arrived at a military airport in New Delhi on April 7, 2010.
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