Three troopers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that took place in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, police said.
The injured CRPF troopers were identified as Inspector Ravi Singh, Constable S Babu and Arjun Ram, said Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) D Shravan, elaborating that Arjun was grievously injured in the blast.
According to him, the incident took place near village Burkapal falling under limits of Chintagufa police station during morning hours when CRPF personnel were providing security to a road construction work.
During the course of exercise, security personnel accidentlly stepped over an IED planted by rebels in the region, triggering blast and injuring three personnel.
The injured personnel were rushed to a nearby hospital of CRPF and later airlifted to Raipur for better medical assistance.
In the wake of incident, an intense operation was launched in the region, he said.
It may be recalled that seven troopers of CRPF were killed in IED blast triggered by ultras in naxal-hit Dantewada district on March 30. Similarly, a middle-aged woman and 8-year-old girl had died in IED blast that took place in worst insurgency-hit Sukma district in March this year.