A forested area below the Chhotebethiya police station where a gunpowder dump hidden by Maoists exploded on May 2, 2026, killing four policemen in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. Photo credit: Special arrangement.
Four members of Chhattisgarh’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed in an explosion while trying to clear 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 Chhotebethiya police station when bags of gunpowder found in an abandoned Maoist hideout exploded.
Published – 02 May 2026 15:50 IST
