Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said, "A high alert has been issued to all district superintendents of police in Bastar region in the wake of the attack in Dantewada."
A senior official said, the incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation,
The incident took place at 4.05 am between Bhansi and Kamaloor stations, when the iron ore-laden train was heading to Visakhapatnam from Kirandul (Dantewada), Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abshishek Pallava said.