Rebels attack bus in Bastar ahead of PM's Chhattisgarh visit, 2 jawans dead

PM Modi will launch government's ambitious healthcare programme Ayushman Bharat from the district

While a thick security blanket had been thrown open in entire Bastar region in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit, rebels on Monday blew up a bus and killed two jawans, besides injuring five others in restive Bijapur district.

PM Modi is scheduled to visit Bijapur on April 14. He will launch government’s ambitious healthcare programme Ayushman Bharat from the district, which is considered to be the third worst Naxal-infested district in the country. This would be the second visit of Modi as Prime Minister in the red zone.

Over a dozen senior officers had been deployed in