A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured on Friday when Naxalites exploded an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.
The incident took place in Pandemurga village near a national highway when a team of the CRPF’s 165th Battalion was patrolling Nelasnar area, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Chandrakant Governa said.
The injured trooper was identified as Ravi Kumar of Karnataka.
The patrolling team, which had launched the operation from its Hemlapara camp, was cordoning off the forest along Pandemurga road when the IED was detonated, the officer said. The trooper was rushed to a hospital in Bhairamgarh and later referred to Raipur for better treatment.
