The incident took place when the jawan, Pradip Kumar, accidentally stepped on the pressure bomb planted under a road connecting Ganeshbahar Nala and Fundri ghati, police said.
Kumar was part of a CRPF team patrolling the area which falls under Bhairamgad police station limits.
Before the incident, a cow got injured after it stepped on a pressure bomb at the same spot.
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A native of Dharwad in Karnataka, Satish was a dog
handler of the paramilitary squad.
A case has been registered in this connection, Dantewada Additional Superintendent of Police Ramkrishna Sahu said, adding that further probe is on.
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