In Chhattisgarh, three security personnel lost their lives and one was injured in an IED blast near the Kanker-Narayanpur district border today. The incident occurred while personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were on an operation to defuse an improvised explosive device (IED).
According to police, a DRG team had been deployed for demining, area domination and search operations under the Chhotebethiya police station limits. During the operation, the IED exploded while it was being defused. Inspector Sukhram Watti and Constables Krishna Komra and Sanjay Garhpale sustained critical injuries. They later succumbed to injuries. Another injured constable, Parmanand Komra, is undergoing treatment.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P, said that based on inputs from surrendered Maoists and other sources, a large number of IEDs have been recovered and neutralised in the Bastar division in recent months.
