Jharkhand: At least three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in an IED blast in Chaibasa today (March 5). The injured jawans are being airlifted to Ranchi for medical treatment, said SP Chaibasa.
The injured jawans were airlifted to Ranchi for treatment, they added. The incident took place at Baliwa in Saranda forests under Manoharpur police station limits when personnel of CRPF 197 battalion went there for a search operation, Kolhan DIG Manoj Ratan Chothe said.An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded during the search operations and three jawans were injured. They were airlifted to Ranchi, he added.
2 Naxalites killed in faction feud in Jharkhand
Two Naxalites were allegedly killed in a factional feud in Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday. The deceased were members of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), and the incident happened in the Bandgaon police station area at the border of West Singhbhum and Khunti districts, they said.
The dispute stemmed from the deceased persons' plan to break away from the PLFI and create a separate organisation, SP of West Singhbhum Ashutosh Shekhar said. The incident is suspected to have taken place on Sunday night and the bodies were recovered by the police on Monday, he said.
Those killed had been to jail in the past, he added. A pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from the spot, the SP said.