Three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans (troopers) were injured in an Improved Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh on October 16, reports Free Press Journal. The incident took place around 11 am on the hills near Rajadera and Ramgarh villages when a joint team of Security Forces (SFs) was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Rajnandgaon, Superintendent of Police (SP), Kamlochan Kashyap said. When the patrolling team was cordoning off the hilly area, located around 75 kilometers away the District, the Maoists triggered the IED blast that injured the three jawans, he said. Those injured included a head constable and two constables of the ITBP’s 44th battalion, he added.
It is to be noted that six Assembly constituencies of Rajnandgaon District are among 18 seats of the eight Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE]-affected Districts where polling will be held in the first phase the State Assembly elections on November 12.