CRPF soldier killed and two others in Maoist-triggered IED blast in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
A CRPF team was carrying out an anti-Maoist operation in a forest area of West Singhbhum district when Maoists activated an IED, injuring three personnel.
Chaibasa (Jharkhand): A CRPF soldier was killed and two others injured in a Maoist-triggered IED blast when a team of paramilitary forces carried out an anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Friday.
According to police, a team of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF), accompanied by security personnel from other forces, was carrying out an anti-Maoist operation in a forest area of West Singhbhum district when the ultras activated an improvised explosive device (IED). ), resulting in injuries to three CRPF men.
“The incident took place around 2.30 pm when a team of security personnel carried out an anti-Maoist operation in Goilkera area,” Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told news agency PTI.
The injured jawans were airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi where one of the soldiers succumbed to his injuries, the SP said.
ITBP jawan killed in Naxal-induced blast in Chhattisgarh
In a similar incident, an ITBP soldier was killed in an explosion triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district, where the second phase of Assembly elections were held on Friday.
According to police, the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan was part of a security team escorting a polling station when they were targeted by an explosion near Bade Gobra village under Mainpur police station.
Polling was held in 70 constituencies in the state from 8 am to 5 pm. But at nine polling booths in Naxal-affected Bindranawagarh constituency in Gariaband district, voting took place from 7am to 3pm due to security reasons, officials said.
Bade Gobra was one of these nine stalls in Bindranawagarh, which borders neighboring Odisha.
When election officials, escorted by security personnel, returned to Mainpur after polling ended, Naxals caused an explosion that killed ITBP head constable Joginder Singh on the spot, police said.
The rest of the team reached Mainpur police station safely, he added.
The first phase of elections in 20 of the 90 parliamentary seats in Chhattisgarh took place on November 7.
(With PTI inputs)