15 COBRA personnel injured in IED explosion in Jharkhand

2019-05-28 11:22:19

15 COBRA personnel injured in IED explosion in Jharkhand

Jharkhand:Fifteen security personnel were injured when Maoists triggered a series of IED blasts near Hurda forests in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district in the early hours of Tuesday.

According to the police, the blast took place around 5 am when a joint team of the CRPF's special jungle warfare unit, CoBRA, and the state police was carrying out an operation in the forests of Kuchai area in the district.

The improvised explosive device (IED) is suspected to have been buried under the dirt track.

The injured troops, eight of the COBRA and rest belonging to the state police, have been airlifted to state capital Ranchi.

The joint team was being led by the 209th battalion of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the Central Reserve Police Force deployed in the state for anti-Naxal operations, officials said.

The area has been cordoned off and a search operation is on to nab the culprits

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2019-05-28 07:45:31

Suspected Maoist attack injured several security personnels

Injured Jawan being carried to the hospital