West Singhbhum District, March 18, 2025: A CRPF sub-inspector was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered during an encounter between security personnel and alleged cadres of the Maoist party in the Saranda forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Tuesday, a police official announced to the press today.
According to the police official, the IED blast was triggered while a joint team of security personnel and local police were conducting a search operation, adding that the encounter occurred near Radhapada in the Jaraikela police station area.
As per the police official’s report to the press, several senior leaders of the CPI (Maoist), including Misir Besra, Anmol, Mochu, Anal, Asim Mandal, Ajay Mahato, Sagen Angaria, and Ashwin, are active in the Saranda and Kolhan regions along with their squads, and that security personnel have intensified their operations in these areas.
In conclusion, the police official stated that the injured officer, posted with the 134th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was airlifted to Ranchi for treatment.
This is the second such incident in the district this month. On March 5, three security personnel, including an assistant commandant of the CRPF’s CoBRA battalion, were injured in an IED blast near the Baliba forest area.
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