RANCHI/GUWAHATI: Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) head constable Mahendra Laskar was killed and two colleagues were wounded after two IEDs planted by Maoists exploded during an anti-insurgency operation in Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Friday night. Police said Saturday that Laskar, a 45-year-old native of Nagaon district in Assam, died during treatment at a private hospital in Odisha's Rourkela. Two others - inspector KK Mishra and ASI Ram Krishna Gogi - were wounded but are now stable. The explosions occurred when a joint team of Jharkhand police and CRPF personnel was carrying out a search operation in Saranda. Mishra was wounded in the first blast, while Laskar and Gogi were hit by the second. Security forces later cordoned off the area as operations

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