Cobra battalion inspector injured in IED blast in J’khand

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 Jharkhands West Singhbhum district, police said.

An inspector of the 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.