JAMSHEDPUR: A CRPF sub-inspector was killed and a jawan was injured in a Maoist-triggered IED explosion during a cordon-and-search operation in Saranda forest of Jharkhand‘s West Singhbhum Saturday. The blast occurred in Marangponga forest stretch under Chotanagra PS limits around 2.20pm.
SI Sunil Kumar Mandal (54) of CRPF’s 193 Bn was injured alongside head constable Partha Pratim (47). Both were airlifted to Ranchi for advanced medical treatment after being administered first aid at the CRPF camp. Mandal succumbed during treatment at a Ranchi hospital, SP Ashutosh Shekhar said.
