In separate blasts triggered by Maoists in the restive Bijapur and Dantewada districts, a District Reserve Group (DRG) jawan was killed and a woman was injured, police said here on Thursday.
According to the police, the District Reserve Group (DRG) jawan was killed in Bijapur while the woman was injured at Dantewada.
“A team of security personnel was returning after carrying out an anti-Maoist operation when a jawan of the team came under in the impact radius of a bomb blast triggered in the
limits of Farsegarh police station,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur Kl Dhruv said.
A joint contingent of Special Task Force (STF), DRG and police personnel from local police stations were out on the operation since November 5. While they were returning back on Thursday, Constable Mudra Budhram inadvertently stepped over the
pressure IED (improvised explosive device) triggering the blast that turned out fatal, the SP said.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the body of martyred jawan was being evacuated from the forest, he added.
In a separate incident, a woman identified as Bhime Madkami (50) sustained serious injuries on her legs in the blast that happened near Kondapara village under Aranpur police station limits of Dantewada.
“The incident occurred while Madkami was in the nearby jungle to graze cattle,” a police official said.
Soon after getting informed, CRPF personnel shifted the woman to the district hospital in Dantewada where she is undergoing treatment, he added.