Five CRPF personnel injured in a series of IED blasts

Five CRPF personnel were today injured in a series of IED blasts carried out by Naxals in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.

Written by: Press Trust of India
Published: April 2, 2016, 6:02 PM IST
Five CRPF personnel injured in a series of IED blasts

Dhanbad, April 2: Five CRPF personnel were today injured in a series of IED blasts carried out by Naxals in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.

Deputy Inspector General (Bokaro range) Upendra Kumar Singh said the CRPF personnel were on a Long Range patrol when the improvised explosive device (IED) blasts took place at Chitpur village under Topchanchi police station around 12.15 PM.

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The patrol party, including CRPF troops of the 154th battalion and personnel of the state police, exchanged fire with the Left ultras, the DIG said, but did not elaborate.(ALSO READ: Maoist attack:Landmine blast in Chattisgarh kills a police jawan, another critically injured).

“All the injured jawans have been airlifted to Ranchi for treatment,” Singh added.

Few days back, seven CRPF men were killed in a deadly landmine blast executed by Maoists in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.

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