Lagatar24 Desk
Dantewada, Dec 21: One jawan has sustained minor injuries in an IED blast on Tuesday in Dantewada district. The incident took place while jawans were leaving for operations from Bodli camp towards Kariametta at 8 am.
“At a distance of 650 meters from camp, Maoists detonated an IED injuring an assistant constable. Four live IED bombs were recovered from the spot during search ,” informed Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallav.
Chhattisgarh | 1 jawan sustained minor injuries in an IED blast this morning while leaving for operations from Bodli camp towards Kariametta at 8 am. At a distance of 650 meters from camp, Maoists detonated an IED injuring an assistant constable: Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallav
— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2021
According to the information, the road construction work is going on from Dantewada to Narayanpur. In this road construction work, daily jawans leave the camp to provide security. To harm the soldiers, the Maoists had kept an IED plant in the area.
On Tuesday, the police got information that there has been a Naxalite movement in this area. On the basis of this information, the jawans went out to search. Meanwhile, Maoists detonated an IED between Bodli and Kariyameta camps. In which a young man has been injured. However, he has suffered minor injuries.
A pipe bomb was also planted by the Maoists at some distance from the camp. That too exploded. However, no jawans have come under the grip of pipe bombs. Here after searching the area, the jawans have recovered 4 pieces of live IED from the spot, which the BDS team is trying to diffuse safely.
