Jharkhand: Four CRPF Jawans injured in IED blast triggered by Maoists

Naxals on Friday detonated an IED blast in Latehar district of Jharkhand in which four CRPF security personnel were injured.

The injured security personnel have been taken to Ranchi.

IG Operations Ashish Batra and Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi, Kuldeep Diwedi visited the hospital to take enquire into the health of the injured Jawans.

The names of the injured Jawans are as follows:

1) DC Gangte- injured above left eye splinter injury.

2) HC/RO Nilesh Pandey both thigh splinter injury.

3) HC Gopaljee Yadav Right hand, right eyebrow,  Hand, face splinter injury.

4) Ct Deepak Singh cut on right forehead, injury splinter.

Latehar district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Latehar town is the administrative headquarters of this district.