Security personnel patrol after an attack by Maoists in Bijapur of Chhattisgarh. (Reuters photo)
RAIPUR: Intelligence inputs about the presence of wanted Maoist leader Hidma and a large number of cadres in the forests of Bijapur might have been a trap laid by the rebels security experts are exploring this angle after 23 security personnel were martyred in the ambush in the forests of restive Bijapur district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
Police had indicated that a massive operation was launched following specific inputs about presence of Maoist leader Hidma and rebel cadres in the area but a team of forces got ambushed on Saturday afternoon. Security experts with knowledge of Maoist strategies do not rule out the possibility pointing out that Maoist preparedness for such a counter attack indicates that it could have been a trap.