BSF jawan injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh
The Hindu
The injured jawan was shifted to a local hospital and his condition was stated to be out of danger
A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured on Friday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, suspected to have been triggered by Naxalites, in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
The incident occurred between 9.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. on Koyalibeda-Panidobir Road under Koyalibeda police station limits when a team of BSF personnel was evacuating an ailing colleague for treatment, a senior official here said.
"The jawans, who were on motorcycles, were on their way back to Koyalibeda camp after picking up the ailing jawan from Panidobir camp. When it reached near Markanar village, the explosion happened leaving a jawan injured," he said.
The injured jawan was shifted to a local hospital, he said, adding that his condition was stated to be out of danger.
Subsequently, security forces recovered two live IEDs from the area and a search operation is still underway, he said.
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