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Maoists killed two constables in a pre-dawn attack near a police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Monday. The throats of the two policemen had been slit in the attack that was carried out close to Bhejji police station. The Maoist guerillas left behind pamphlets near the bodies of the killed constables. "The two policemen of the District Force (DF) were shot dead when they stepped outside the police station. Reinforcement were rushed to the site to thwart more possible attacks as dozens of armed Maoists were spotted at a thickly forested area near the police station," said Dantewada Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) S R P Kalluri.

Maoists kill two cops in Chhattisgarh