Scores feared dead as Maoist rebels attack Indian Police.

At least 13 killed and another 12 wounded in an
ambush in remote part of central Indian state of
Chhattisgarh.

Maoist rebels have killed 13 police and wounded
another 12 in an ambush in a remote part of
central India , two senior officers said .

The troops were carrying out an operation deep in
a forest when the gunmen attacked , the head of
Chhattisgarh state 's anti - Maoist operations told
the AFP news agency .

"Thirteen security forces were killed in a gun battle
with Maoists in a deep forest of Sukma region of
Chhattisgarh, " said Rajinder Kumar Vij.
Sukma district is 385km south of Raipur , the state
capital.

The victims were all with the Central Reserve
Police Force ( CRPF) , a paramilitary unit . Its local
head of operations, Zulfikar Hasan, said the
attackers had used villagers as human shields