Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel sustained minor injuries on Monday when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said.
The incident took place at around 10.30 am in a forest in Katekalyan police station limits when a DRG team was returning to base after destroying a Maoist transit camp, a local police official said.
Security forces recovered six IEDs from two places in the same operation, he added.
"Acting on a tip-off about a Naxalite transit camp in the forest near Marjum village, a DRG team launched an operation on Sunday night. When the team reached there on Monday morning, Naxalites fled leaving behind three IEDs, each weighing 5 kg," the officer said.
"On their way back, they found three IEDs, each weighing 2 kg, in Kalepal."
In the meantime, two DRG personnel came in contact with a pressure IED connection, triggering a blast in which both sustained minor injuries. The recovered IEDs have been neutralized by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, he added.