CHAIBASA(JHARKHAND): An inspector of Cobra battalion was injured on Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off during an anti-Maoist operation in a forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.
The incident occurred in the forest under the Tonto Police Station limits when a joint team of CRPF, Cobra, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police personnel was conducting the operation, DIG (Kolhan) Ajay Linda said.
"The Cobra battalion inspector has a splinter injury. The anti-Maoist operation is still on," he said.
Several IEDs planted by members of banned CPI (Maoist) outfit were recovered from a forest under Goilkera Police Station limits, he added.
