BSF jawan injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

In a tragic incident, a BSF jawan was injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), laid by Naxals, went off in insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. He was shifted to a local hospital, where his condition is said to be out of danger.

Raipur: A jawan from the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), laid by Naxals, went off in insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

The incident took place at around 1.30 pm on Koyalibeda-Dhutta road under Koyalibeda police station area, where a team of BSF's 4th battalion was out on a road security operation, Kanker Additional Superintendent of Police Gorakhnath Baghel told media.

When the patrolling team was cordoning off the forest near a culvert, it might have come in contact with the pressure IED connection, triggering the blast, he said.

Constable Virendra Tuddu sustained a minor injury in the explosion and was shifted to a local hospital, where his condition is said to be out of danger, he said.

The injured jawan has been shifted to Raipur for further treatment, a BSF official said.

(PTI Report)