The incident took place when a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was patrolling to ensure security of the under-construction Aranpur (Dantewada)-Jagargunda (Sukma) road which passes through the restive dense forests, under Aranpur police station limits, a CRPF official told PTI.
When the security men were cordoning-off a patch near Kondapara village, two personnel inadvertently stepped over a pressure IED, triggering the blast.
Constables Umashankar and Aman, belonging to CRPF's 231st battalion, were injured in the blast, he said.
Troopers have many a times suffered losses due to pressure IEDblastson this route in recent past, he said.
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