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IED event in Chhattisgarh, Kanker District area, India on Fri 16th June 2023

16th June 2023

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Three Police Constables, identified as Shankar Lal, Lalit Pujari and Khirendra Nag, suffered injuries after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded during a training exercise at a jungle warfare college in Kanker District in Chhattisgarh on June 16, reports The Hindu. Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P. stated that the incident took place when the training session was underway at the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare (CTJW) College on the outskirts of Kanker Town. CTJW is a special training school established in 2004 to impart training with special emphasis on counter-Naxal activities.

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