Five District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, suspected to be carried out by the Naxals, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district today, police said.
The incident comes 10 days after nine CRPF personnels were killed in a blast in the district on March 13.
The blast took place around 3 pm in a forest near Sirsetti village under Fulbagdi police station limits when a police DRG team was returning after an anti-Naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Sundarraj P told PTI.
Fulbagdi is around 500 km from state capital Raipur.
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Source: Business Standard