Five elite troopers from Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bijapur district on Monday, police said.
The incident took place during morning hours in a forest patch of Mehandiguda coming under the limits of Pamed police station when a team of CoBRA battalion was out on a ‘search-cum-area domination’ operation.
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off when the team was cordoning off a jungle stretch, causing minor injuries to One Assistant Commandant, one Sub Inspector, a head constable and two constables.
The injured troopers were taken to State Capital for urgent medical attention. In another incident Maoists exploded IED near Nayanar polling booth in Katekalyan police station limits in Dantewada.
No casualties were reported in the incident. In Konta police station limits under Sukma district, a polling booth was shifted 100 meters to another place after getting information of IED in Anganbadi polling booth.
While in two separate incidents, security forces seized and diffused Improvised Explosive Device (IED)s from Bhairamgarh police station area in Bijapur and Kodekursa Police Station Limits in Kanker district.