A trooper of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) died while another was injured after a pressure bomb planted by Maoists went off in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said on Monday. According to the police, the pressure mine explosion incident occurred under Jagargund police station limits near Temelwada village in Sukma district.
A Road Opening Party (ROP) was deployed on Dornapal-Jagargunda road to ensure safety of vehicles and was carrying out explosive sweeping exercise, a senior police officer said.
After completing work and while on way back to their camp in Temelwada, the security personnel accidentally came in contact with a pressure bomb planted by the Maoists that exploded. Two constables identified as Ram Prasad Negi and Shyam Kumar were injured in the blast.
Soon after the incident, additional security forces were rushed to the spot and injured were brought to the Temelwada camp, he said. “Negi sustained grievous injuries and could not survive the blast and he succumbed in hospital,” the officer mentioned. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, security personnel were engaged in fierce gun battle with Maoists in forests under Katekalyan police station in Dantewada district.
A joint contingent of Special Task Force (STF) and district police that was conducting a search operation in jungles of Katekalyan police station in Dantewada had a face-off with Naxals. The gun battle occurred in the Bade Gadam hills about 40 km from district headquarters. Both sides engaged in fierce gun battle and after finding security forces encircling them, the insurgents fled in the core area of the jungle, police said. No one was injured in the action, police said.