A CoBRA jawan of the 209 Battalion was injured today in an IED explosion triggered by Maoists in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The jawan was airlifted to Ranchi for better treatment.
Police reported that the IED blast occurred in the Saranda jungles of Chaibasa, in Kulapaburu under the Jaraikela police station area.
West Singhbhum SP Ashutosh Shekhar stated that during a search operation against Maoists, an IED planted to harm the soldiers exploded, injuring one soldier.
Based on information about the squad of Maoist leader Misir Besra, who has a reward of ₹1 crore on his head, a team from the 209 CoBRA Battalion was conducting a search operation on foot in the Jaraikela police station area of Saranda.
When the search operation began in the Kulapaburu forest, an IED buried in the ground exploded, injuring a CoBRA jawan. His colleagues immediately rescued him, extracted him from the forest, and transported him to a helipad.
After receiving primary treatment, the injured jawan was airlifted by a chopper to Ranchi for better care.
Notably, the top leadership of the CPI (Maoist) organisation is believed to be camping in the Saranda jungles.
To protect their senior leaders from security forces, the Maoists have laid a network of pressure bombs, which security personnel have been working to remove for the past year.
CRPF, CoBRA, Jharkhand Jaguar, and Jharkhand Police personnel are all involved in the ongoing search operation against the Naxalites in the Saranda jungles.
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