IED event in Chhattisgarh, Karregutta Forest, Bijapur District area, India on Sun 25th January 2026

Two security personnel were seriously injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by the Communist Party of India–Maoist (CPI-Maoist), detonated during a joint counter-insurgency operation in the dense Karregutta Forest area along the Bijapur–Dantewada border in Bijapur District of the Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on January 25, reports The Statesman. The incident occurred early in the morning when a combined team of the District Police Forces and the Bijapur Force was conducting a search operation based on specific intelligence inputs regarding Maoist movement in the area. During the operation, a pressure-triggered IED planted along a forest trail exploded, leaving both personnel with severe injuries to their lower limbs. Police officials said that one of the injured personnel belongs to the Dantewada District Police, while the other is from the Bijapur Force.