Chaibasa (Jharkhand)

Two persons, including a CRPF jawan, were injured in an IED blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Saturday, a senior police officer said.

The incident occurred when the improvised explosive device (IED) went off during an anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda forest under the Chotanagra Police Station limits, West Singhbhum SP Amit Renu told PTI.

"One CRPF jawan was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. A person also sustained minor injuries," the superintendent of police said.

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The IED was planted by the proscribed CPI (Maoists), he said, adding that further details are awaited.