Naxals blow anti-mine vehicle in Chhattisgarh; 1 CRPF killed

Maoists Monday blew off a Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) killing a CRPF personnel and injured few others in the naxal hotbed of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists Monday blew off a MineProtected Vehicle (MPV) killing a CRPF personnel and injuredfew others in the naxal hotbed of Dantewada district ofChhattisgarh.

The blast that injured about four CRPF and one statepolice personnel occurred when a 80-personnel strongcontingent of security forces were out on patrol at a placeunder Aranpur police station of the district .

A helicopter was immediately pressed into service toevacuate the injured troopers and they were later brought toDantewada.

The mine protected vehicle was totally damaged in theexplosion which is suspected to have been carried out bytriggering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) kept under theroad on which the vehicle rolled over, a senior official said.

Initial reports said that two injured troopers are incritical condition.

Senior security officials along with reinforcements haverushed to the area, the official said.

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