Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured on Tuesday when Naxalites exploded an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said.
The incident took place at around 3 pm on the Murkinar road when a team of the CRPF’s 153rd Battalion was on area domination operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap said.
The injured troopers were identified as Deputy Commandant Palwan Vishwas, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sadashiv Yadav, Head Constable Rajeev Ranjan and Constable Om Prakash.
The patrolling team, which launched operation from its Chinnakodepal camp, was cordoning off forest along Murkinar road when IED was deonated, the officer said. The injured troopers were shifted to Bijapur district hospital.