Two CRPF personnel were on Friday injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in a forest patch of Sukma district of Bastar, police said.
The incident took place this morning when a team of CRPF’s 2nd battalion was out on an anti-Naxal operation in a forest area coing under under Kerlapal police station limits, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Dantewada range) Sundarraj P. informed.
While they (security personnel) were cordoning-off a forested patch near Pariya village, the Maoists triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) in which two CRPF jawans suffered injuries, he said.
Reinforcements were rushed to the spot soon after, he said.The injured jawans were admitted in a local hospital in Sukma. They were stated to be out of danger, the DIG said.
Meanwhile, a combing operation was underway in the region, he said.