Bijapur: Three personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. The pressure IED went off after one of the jawans stepped on it, the police said.

After facing major reverses in the state due to sustained operations by the security forces, the Maoists have now resorted to planting IEDs. This is the third blast in a week. ADVERTISEMENT

On Saturday, a member of the CRPF’s Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit was injured when a pressure IED planted by Naxalites exploded in the Usoor police station area of Bijapur.

On October 9, a boy was injured in a similar blast in the Gangaloor area of the district.

Monday’s blast occurred in a forest near the Kandlaparti village under

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