At least 15 Security Force (SF) personnel of the C-60, the Maharashtra Police counter-insurgency commando unit, and one civilian driver were killed in an ambush by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres by triggering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Dadapur Road near Lendali Nullah in Jamburkheda village under Kurkheda Police Station limits in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on May 1, reports The Pioneer. The commando unit, part of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the C-60, were travelling in two vehicles for Naxal[Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] combing operations, when they found several fallen trees blocking the road leading to an isolated stretch of the road in a forest area. When the SF personnel alighted to clear the road, landmines planted by Maoists blew up, leaving 15 personnel and the civilian driver dead. The commando unit had set out for patrolling after the arson incident that took place under Kurkheda tehsil (revenue unit) in the District on the same day.