Four CRPF personnel were injured on Saturday in a series of IED blasts carried out by Naxals in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.
Officials said the incident occurred near Topchanchi-Jitpur axis when bike-borne troops of the force were out on patrol in the Left Wing extremism-affected areas of the district.
Four troops have been injured after a series of IED blasts occurred in the area. The team was led by a senior officer in the rank of Second-in-command.The injuries are not critical.Officials
CRPF troops belonging to the 154th battalion, along with those from state police, were out for a Long Range Patrol when they encountered a series of IED blasts around 12:15 pm.
Reinforcements have reached the spot and the injured are being evacuated to a nearby hospital, they said.
Jharkhand DGP DK Pandey and senior officials are reaching the spot, they added.
Few days back, seven CRPF men were killed in a deadly landmine blast executed by Maoists in Dantewada district of Chhattiagarh.
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