IED event in Chhattisgarh, Narayanpur District area, India on Wed 13th December 2023

A Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) trooper was killed and another sustained injury after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked a team of security personnel and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on December 13 (today), reports devdiscourse.com. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. [IST] in the Aamdai Ghati iron ore mine area under Chhotedongar Police Station limits when the security personnel were out on an area domination operation, a senior Police official said, adding that the ''Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] triggered an IED blast and opened firing on the patrolling team that led to an encounter between the two sides. '' Constable Kamlesh Sahu, belonging to the CAF's 9th battalion, was killed in the incident, while another constable, Vinay Kumar Sahu, sustained minor injuries, he said. The search operation by a joint team of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) is underway in the area to arrest the Maoists.