Jharkhand: Six CRPF jawans injured in IED blast during encounter with Naxals
Ranchi (Jharkhand), January 11: Six CRPF personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during a search and encounter with Naxals in Chaibasa town of Jharkhand's Singhbhum district on Wednesday.
"Six personnel of CRPF's elite COBRA battalion were injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast after an encounter with the outlawed CPI(Maoist) at Tumbahaka forest in Jharkhand's Naxal-affected West Singhbhum district," a senior police official said.
Following the incident, at least five of the six jawans were airlifted and brought to the state Capital Ranchi for better treatment.
According to police, the blast occurred while personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA), the state police's Jharkhand Jaguar, and the district armed police were conducting an anti-Naxal operation in the forest.
According to the police, when the security forces approached, the Left Wing Extremists opened fire.
"This prompted the security forces to retaliate and the Naxals were forced to retreat triggering the blast. A massive search operation is on to track down the extremists," the police added.
- ANI
