A CRPF jawan was on Saturday injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-riddled Bijapur district, police said.
The incident took place in the forests of Gangaloor police station area when a team of CRPF’s elite CoBRa unit was carrying out a search-cum-area domination operation in the region. Security forces were out on the operation since Friday evening to the interior forests of Gangaloor, located around 450 km south from the state capital.
When they reached Pusnar at around 9:30 am on Saturday, Naxals detonated the Improvised Explosive Device leaving a constable injured. The constable identified as Arun Minj who sustained injuries in his eye and left leg. He has been rushed to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, a search operation has been launched in the region to nab the ultras involved in the incident.