An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast planned by Naxals wounded four personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. Among those wounded were a deputy commandant and an assistant sub-inspector.
The incident took place at around 3 pm on the Murkinar road under the Modakpal police station area when a team of 153rd battalion of the CRPF was out on an area domination operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told reporters.
“Deputy Commandant Palwan Vishwas, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sadashiv Yadav, Head Constable Rajiv Ranjan, and Constable Om Prakash, belonging to CRPF’s 153rd battalion, suffered injuries in the blast,” IG Sunderraj P said.
The wounded CRPF personnel were rushed to the district hospital of Bilaspur and subsequently, they were airlifted to Raipur for better medical treatment.
