Gaya: Four CRPF jawans injured while defusing IED

Four CRPF jawans, including an inspector, were injured today while trying to defuse an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Bihar's naxal-affected Gaya district, police said.

Four CRPF jawans, including an inspector, were injured today while trying to defuse an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Bihar's naxal-affected Gaya district, police said.

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The incident took place as the IED exploded injuring the CRPF's Cobra battalion inspector Dinesh Kumar, Sub-Inspector Rajiv Kumar, Hawaldar Rajeshwar and constable Ashok Kumar while they were trying to defuse it after removing the explosive planted underneath a culvert connecting Barha and Sevra villages, DIG (Magadh range) N Hasnain Khan said.

Three of the critically injured CRPF jawans were airlifted to Patna for treatment in a hospital, while another has been admitted in the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College at Gaya, he said.

The security forces had recovered 100 IEDs and six pressure cooker bombs from another place in Gaya district recently.