2 CRPF Jawans Injured In IED Blast By Naxals In Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Airlifted To Raipur

Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Monday injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.

Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Monday injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.

Source : ANI

Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Monday injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said. The incident took place at 10.30 am near Tekameta hill under Gangaloor police station limits when a team of the CRPF's 85th battalion was out on an area domination operation from Pusnar camp, located around 400 km from state capital Raipur, an official said, as reported by the news agency PTI.

While the team was cordoning off the area, the pressure IED exploded, injuring two CRPF personnel, he said. The injured jawans were shifted to the district hospital in Bijapur, the official said, adding they will be airlifted to Raipur for further treatment. Search operation is underway in the area, he added. 

Last month, the Chaibasa Police in a joint operation with CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and BDS recovered seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) planted by naxals from under the limits of the Tonto police station area for the second consecutive day, as reported by the news agency ANI. The IEDs were later defused in a controlled explosion, the police said. On May 19, a 10-year-old child was killed after an IED exploded in the Tonto police station area in Jharkhand's Chaibasa, the police said.

According to the Chaibasa Police, the IED was planted by Naxals with the aim of causing damage to security forces, ANI reported. Security personnel including district police and CRPF rushed to the spot and recovered the body with the help of villagers and sent it for post-mortem in Sadar Hospital of Chaibasa.

The deceased had gone to the Rolabrupi Jengagada forest to pluck kendu leaves when the IED planted by the Naxals exploded on Thursday evening, killing him.