Published on : 11 Oct 2025, 11:34 am

Guwahati: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Head Constable from Nagaon, Assam, Mahendra Laskar, has succumbed to injuries sustained during twin improvised explosive device (IED) blasts triggered by Maoists in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, officials confirmed on Saturday.

The explosions occurred on Friday evening in the Babudih area under Jaraikela Police Station limits, located within the dense Saranda forest, one of Jharkhand’s most Maoist-affected zones. The twin blasts left Laskar, along with a CRPF inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, critically injured.

“Head Constable Mahendra Laskar died during the course of treatment at a hospital in Rourkela, Odisha,” the Jharkhand Police Headquarters said in a statement. The two other i

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