IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur leaves 2 CRPF personnel injured

While cordoning-off the forested patch near Rajpeta, the security men inadvertently stepped over the Improvised Explosive Device (IED), triggering the blast in which two of them got injured.

Published on: Mar 30, 2016, 14:28:09 IST

PTI | By HT Correspondent, Raipur

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Two CRPF personnel, including an officer, were injured in an IED bomb blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district.

Security personnel inspect the site of Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh. (PTI File Photo)

The incident took place when the paramilitary personnel were patrolling the Basaguda-Sarkegda route under Basaguda police station limits, ASP Indira Kalyan Elesela said.

While cordoning-off the forested patch near Rajpeta, the security men inadvertently stepped over the Improvised Explosive Device (IED), triggering the blast in which two of them got injured, he said.

“Assistant commandant Neeraj Kumar and constable Manish, belonging to CRPF’s 168th battalion, sustained injuries in the explosion,” he said. Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and efforts were on to airlift the injured personnel to Raipur for treatment, he added.

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