A head constable of the 22nd Battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF), identified as Laxmikant Diwedi, was killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, exploded in Pahurnar area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on March 4, reports The New Indian Express. “A Joint team of Dantewada District Reserve Guard (DRG) and CAF 22 Bn were out on an area domination and for surveilling a bridge construction near Pahurnar across the Indrawathi river. Head constable Laxmikant Diwedi of 22 Bn stepped on a pressure improvised IED and got seriously injured in the blast. Later he succumbed to his injuries,” said P. Sundarraj Inspector General (IG).