IED event in Chhattisgarh, Lankapalli, Bijapur District area, India on Thu 22nd January 2026

A villager, identified as Raj Modiyami (30), a resident of Lankapalli village, was seriously injured after coming in contact with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), allegedly planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to target the security personnel, in the forest near Lankapalli village under the Ilmidi Police Station limits in Bijapur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on January 22, reports ETV Bharat. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Chandrakant Gawarna said the villager was hurt after stepping on an IED planted by Naxalites. Modiyami was heading into the forest for his daily work when a sudden, powerful blast occurred while he was walking through the forest. The explosion was so intense that the heel of his right foot was completely shattered.