Three State Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel were injured after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a series of low-intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts followed by an exchange of fire between the Security Forces (SFs) and the Maoists led by ‘sub-zonal commander’ Maharaj Pramanik, along a road near Hudungada village under Kharsawan Police limits in Seraikela-Kharsawan District of Jharkhand on May 20, reports The Telegraph. Soon after the blasts which took place along Suru-Kharsawan Road near the under-construction Suru Dam, there was an encounter between the Maoists and SFs in the nearby Hudungada forest. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Kolhan, Kuldeep Dwivedi said, a joint force of SAP and Seraikela-Kharsawan District Police were conducting a Long-Range Patrol (LRP), when the patrolling team were attacked, adds Hindustan Times. In the attack the three SAP personnel, identified as Krishna Kudada, Hareram Singh and Makhan Singh sustained injuries. “After the encounter, we carried out a combing operation in the jungle and found a blood trail. We suspect that one of the rebels might have been killed. His body was possibly carried by his colleagues while fleeing the jungle,” Seraikela Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Abinas Kumar said.