Two jawans of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in separate blasts that were triggered by suspected Maoists in a forested patch under Bhairamgarh police station limits of insurgency hit Bijapur district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred when a CRPF contingent was carrying out search operation about 5 km from Bhairamgarh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bijapur, Indira Kalyan informed.
“The same team of CRPF was hit twice by the explosive planted by Naxals. However no causalty was reported after the blasts,” the ASP said, adding, ‘after we got information about the blast, additional force was sent to the spot’. The injured jawans were rushed to local hospital from where they were sent to Raipur for better treatment. The condition of both jawans is reportedly stable, the ASP informed. After the incident, police has intensified search operation in Bhairamgarh for nabbing suspected persons behind the blast.