Three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed and two others injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, exploded during a joint anti-Maoist operation by Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel (CRPF), in Hoyahatu village under Toklo Police Station limits in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on March 4, reports The Pioneer. The deceased SFs, identified as – head constable Devendra Kumar Pandit, constable Kiran Surin and constable Hardwar Shah, belonged to the special unit of the State Police – Jharkhand Jaguars, while two injured troopers (identity not reported) belonged to Jharkhand Jaguars and CRPF.