Two security personnel injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack took place in insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday.
While performing anti-Naxal exercise in the region, two troopers accidently stepped over IED planted by ultras triggering blast and injuring them.
The blast took place near Sarkeguda camp falling in limits of Basaguda police station, said Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Indira Kalyan Elesela.
According to Elesela, two trooper of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)-a specialised unit of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), were injured in the blast.
The injured personnel were rushed to nearby health care unit and later shifted to the state capital Raipur for better medical assistance.