West Singhbhum: A CRPF personnel who got injured in an IED blast being taken for further treatment after he was airlifted from dense forest areas of Hesabandh, in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023.
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Chaibasa, Jharkhand: A CRPF constable was injured on Thursday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off during an anti-Maoist operation in a forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said.
The IED, planted by banned CPI (Maoists), exploded in the forest near Hesabandh village in Muffasil when a team of security personnel from CRPF, Cobra, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police was carrying out the operation against the red rebels, a statement by police said.
A Central Reserve Police Force constable (174 battalion), identified as Hafizur Rahman, suffered injuries in the blast and was airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi for treatment, it said.
The condition of the constable was stated to be stable, it said, adding that the combing operation in Maosist-affected areas was still on.
Earlier last week, a CRPF jawan was killed and two others were injured in an IED blast in a forest in Goilkera.