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IED event in Chhattisgarh, Bijapur District area, India on Thu 2nd September 2021

2nd September 2021

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A trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), exploded on Awapalli-Basaguda route under Basaguda Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on September 2, reports The New Indian Express. When a team from the CRPF's 168th battalion was cordoning off the route near Timmapur village, head constable Shilachand Minj inadvertently stepped on the pressure IED connection, triggering the blast, a senior official said, adding, a search operation is currently underway in the area.

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