Lagatar24 Network
Gumla, Feb 11: An IED blast took place in Bulbul forest located on the Gumla-Lohardaga border. According to the sources, one jawan has been injured in the blast. He has been identified as Dilip Kumar (29) of Cobra Battalion 203. This incident took place in Bishunpur police station area of Gumla district. The team of District Police and CRPF Cobra Battalion was campaigning against the CPI-Maoist Maoist organization. At the same time this incident of blast happened.
Another jawan, Narayan Das (38) got injured in the incident. He is stable with minor injuries.
The Naxalites have planted IED explosives in the forests surrounding Gumla, Lohardaga, and Latehar districts in order to create a safe zone. As a result, when the police enter the jungle in search of the Naxalites, they are attacked by the IED, causing injuries to the officers. However, the village’s innocent people are being killed by a Naxalite IED device.
In the year 2021, five villagers have been killed as a result of an IED explosion. A dozen persons were hurt as a result of the incident. After losing their legs as a result of the bomb, some people are sitting disabled in their homes. Hundreds of animals have perished. In Gumla, two police officers were injured after being hit by IEDs.
Notably, there has been an encounter between the police and the CPI-Maoist organization on Thursday evening in the Naxal-affected Pesharar police station area of ??the district. Seeing the police getting heavy in the firing from both sides, the Naxalites managed to escape by taking advantage of the dense forest. A search operation is being conducted by the police against the Naxalites in the forests, it is being told that the police have got great success in this encounter.
