6 hurt as Naxals blow up truck with IED in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Raipur: Five security personnel and a civilian, were injured when Naxals blew up a truck with an IED in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, a senior police official said.

The incident took place around 9 am at Bijapur Ghati, located around 7 km from Bijapur town, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations), Sundarraj P, told PTI.

“Four BSF personnel, belonging to 414th battalion, a District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan, and a civilian, who was driving the vehicle, received injuries in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast,” he said.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the injured were shifted to a local hospital, he said, adding that a search operation was under way in the region.

Bijapur is located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur.

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