CRPF jawan injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

NEW DELHI: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was injured on Tuesday in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said.
The incident occurred near a CRPF camp under Jagargunda police station limits, bordering Dantewada district, when a team of security personnel was returning from an area domination and search operation, Dantewada Additional superintendent of police R K Barman said.
Head constable M N Shukla from the CRPF’s 231st battalion inadvertently stepped on a pressure-activated IED, causing the explosion. He was given preliminary treatment and later airlifted to Raipur for further medical care, officials said.
The Maoists frequently plant IEDs along forest roads and tracks in Bastar region to target security forces. The Bastar division comprises seven districts, including Dantewada and Sukma.
This is the latest in a series of IED attacks in the region. On February 4, two security personnel were injured in an IED blast in Bijapur district. Earlier, on January 17, two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured in an IED blast in Narayanpur district.
On January 16, two commandos of CoBRA, a CRPF special unit, sustained injuries in a pressure-activated IED blast in Bijapur. On January 12, a 10-year-old girl was injured in Sukma, while two policemen were wounded in Bijapur in similar incidents. On January 10, a villager was killed and three others injured in two separate IED blasts in Narayanpur’s Orchha area.