Maoists targetted a bus ferrying nearly 30 troopers with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bijapur district on Monday, leaving two of them dead and five injured-- the second attack ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the district on April 14 (Saturday).
Earlier this morning, Naxals had triggered twin IED blasts and opened fire on a patrolling team of CRPF on Bijapur-Bhopalpatnam road in the district that led to a gun-battle, police said.
The explosion targetting the bus occurred near Godma village when the jawans were out on an anti-Maoist operation, police said.
“Two jawans belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed and five others sustained injuries in the explosion,” a senior police official said .
The IED blast damaged the front portion of the bus.The personnel sitting in the front side bore the brunt of the explosion, he said.