India: Police officer injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma


A District Reserve Guard constable was injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

Security personnel also recovered another IED planted by Naxalites at a separate place in the same area of the district, they said. The IED blast took place at around 11 am near the newly set up Raiguda police camp under the Chintalnar police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), a unit of the state police, was out on an area domination operation, an official said.

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Source: The New Indian Express


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