A trooper of CRPF’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was injured in a pressure bomb blast laid by Maoists in insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Bastar on Friday, police informed.
The incident occurred around 11.50 am when a team of CoBRA battalion was carrying out patrolling under Basaguda police station limits.
Security forces were deployed to ensure security to personnel working at Basaguda-Tarrem under-construction road. While they were cordoning off a forested patch near Tarrem, a Head constable Sunil Kumar inadvertently stepped over the pressure bomb triggering the blast that left him injured, police said.
Soon after the incident, reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the injured constable was brought to Sarkeguda forces camp where he was provided preliminary treatment and was being airlifted to Raipur for further medication.