Two CRPF jawans were injured in an explosion caused by pressure bomb, planted by Naxals in a forested patch of insurgency hit Bijapur district on Saturday.
Condition of one of the injured was serious and both the jawans were rushed to Raipur for advanced treatment, Superintendent of Police Bijapur Kl Dhruv told The Pioneer.According to Dhruv, the incident happened around 1 pm near Murdunda village on Basaguda road around 33 km from district headquarters Bijapur.A joint police party consisting of 168th battalion CRPF men and district police personnel had reached near Murdunda village to provide security cover for ongoing road construction work. Suddenly a bomb planted on the sides of road went of injuring Deelip Kumar Pandey hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Krishna Mohan native of Punjab.
Soon after the incident they were airlifted to Jagdalpur for better treatment and were later referred to Raipur. Condition of Deelip Kumar Pandey was reported to be serious, the SP maintained adding both are head constables and radio operators.