New Delhi: In yet another incident of violence, five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were injured in an IED blast followed by an exchange of fire in Dantewada area of Chhattisgarh on Monday evening. One paramilitary jawan died after succumbing to his injuries.
All the five jawans who were wounded have been airlifted to Raipur.
#UPDATE: 1 jawan has lost his life, 5 injured in an IED blast followed by an exchange of fire with Naxals in Dantewada area of Chhattisgarh. The injured jawans have been airlifted to Raipur
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2019
Further, security personnel had arrested four Naxals from Bastar, earlier today.
More details are awaited.
In another incident last year, five security personnel and one civilian were injured in an IED blast in Bijapur district. The injured included four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and one District Reserve Guard (DRG).
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