Jharkhand: Three CRPF Jawans Injured In IED Blast By Maoists, 51 Explosives Recovered

The IED exploded when security forces launched a search operation upon receiving a tip-off on the presence of Maoist leaders.

A CRPF personnel, injured in an IED blast during an anti-Maoist search operation, being taken to hospital after being airlifted

Source : PTI

Three CRPF personnel were injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Thursday, PTI reported. After the incident, a search operation was launched and 51 IEDs were recovered at a forest near Meralgada village in Goilkera police station area, said Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar.

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot and the explosives were defused, the SP said.

Earlier in the day, acting on a tip-off that Maoist leaders were having a meeting at the forest, security forces launched a search operation during which an IED exploded. 

Three CRPF jawans of the 60th battalion -- Rakesh Pathak, BD Anal and Pankaj Yadav -- were injured in the explosion and were airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi.

SP Shekhar said the conditions of the three jawans were stable.