Three security personnel injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: Three Chhattisgarh Armed Force personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in the state's Bijapur district, police said on Tuesday.

The security personnel were returning after carrying out an anti-Maoist operation when the blast occurred on Monday night in a forest near Ranibodli village, around 450 km from here, a local police official said.

The ultras detonated the IED near a rivulet, just a few metres away from the patrolling team while it was passing through the forest, he said.

The three personnel belong to CAF's 9th battalion sustained superficial splinter injuries in the incident, the official said.

They were taken to a local hospital and provided first aid, he said adding that their condition was stable.