A CRPF jawan was today injured in apressurebombblast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hitBijapur district, police said.
The incident took place when a team of paramilitary was patrolling to ensure security to the under-construction Bijapur Ghati-Kongpalli road that goes through restive dense forests,a senior police official said.
When security forces were cordoning off a patch, around two kms away from Kongpalli, a Central Reserve Police Force jawan inadvertently stepped over apressureimprovised explosive device (IED)triggering theblastinjuringhim, the official said.
Constable Neeraj Kumar belonging to CRPF's 170th battalion sustained injuries in his leg and was rushed to a local hospital ofBijapur from where he was being shifted to Raipur for further treatment, he added.
