Chhattisgarh: Nine civilians injured in blast triggered by Maoists in Bastar

  • | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Nine persons including driver were injured in the blast and condition of one was said to be critical. Police were informed and all injured were evacuated and rushed to Bijapur,” DIG said, adding the treatment of all injured was going on.Police suspect that the rebels might have planned to target the security forces as the search operations have been intensified in the region in wake of Lok Sabha Elections. RAIPUR: At least nine people were injured including one severely wounded, in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Maoists that blew up a civilian vehicle they were travelling in Chhattisgarh 's Maoist insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Wednesday evening.Deputy inspector general of police (anti-Maoists operation) Sundarraj P said that the incident took place around 7.30pm when a Bolero vehicle carrying nine civilians including five women and one child was going to Dantewada from Kader to see a village fair.“The vehicle was targeted by Maoists who blew it up with an IED explosion on Peddakodepal - Naimed road, around 2 kilometers from NH near Ranapara.

RAIPUR: At least nine people were injured including one severely wounded, in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Maoists that blew up a civilian vehicle they were travelling in Chhattisgarh 's Maoist insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Wednesday evening.Deputy inspector general of police (anti-Maoists operation) Sundarraj P said that the incident took place around 7.30pm when a Bolero vehicle carrying nine civilians including five women and one child was going to Dantewada from Kader to see a village fair.“The vehicle was targeted by Maoists who blew it up with an IED explosion on Peddakodepal - Naimed road, around 2 kilometers from NH near Ranapara. Nine persons including driver were injured in the blast and condition of one was said to be critical. Police were informed and all injured were evacuated and rushed to Bijapur,” DIG said, adding the treatment of all injured was going on.Police suspect that the rebels might have planned to target the security forces as the search operations have been intensified in the region in wake of Lok Sabha Elections.

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