IED event in Chhattisgarh, Dantewada area, India on Sat 2nd December 2023

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exploded near a bridge on Indravati river under Barsoor Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on December 2, reports The New Indian Express. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of Maoists on the Barsoor-Palli route as part of their ‘People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week’ starting from December 2 to 8, a team of CRPF's 195th battalion was dispatched there, and on spotting a Maoist banner and an IED concealed in it near Saatdhaar Bridge, the security personnel started defusing it, which exploded in the process and caused minor injuries to two personnel, a CRPF official said.