CoBRA Jawan Injured In IED Blast Allegedly Triggered By CPI (Maoist) Cadres In West Singhbhum District
West Singhbhum District, September 19, 2024: A CoBRA jawan of the 209th Battalion was injured on Thursday in an IED blast allegedly triggered by cadres of the CPI (Maoist) in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state.
According to police, the IED explosion occurred at Kulapaburu, under the Jaraikela police station area in the Saranda jungles of Chaibasa.
Chaibasa SP Ashutosh Shekhar stated that during a search operation against cadres of the Maoist party, “an IED planted to harm the soldiers exploded, leaving one jawan injured.”
Based on intelligence inputs about the presence of the CPI (Maoist) squad led by Misir Besra in the area, a team from the 209th CoBRA Battalion was conducting a search operation on foot in the Jaraikela police station area of Saranda.
“When the search operation began in the Kulapaburu forest, an IED concealed in the ground exploded, injuring a CoBRA jawan. His colleagues immediately rescued him, extracted him from the forest, and transported him to a helipad,” stated an official release from the Jharkhand police headquarters. After receiving primary treatment, the injured jawan was airlifted by chopper to Ranchi for further care, it added.
Personnel from the CRPF, CoBRA, Jharkhand Jaguar, and Jharkhand State Police are all involved in the ongoing search operation against the Maoists in the Saranda jungles.
Source : https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Sep/19/cobra-jawan-injured-in-ied-blast-triggered-by-maoists-in-jharkhand