CRPF personnel killed; jawan injured in blast by Naxals

A CRPF personnel was today killed and a jawan injured in apressurebombblast triggered by Naxals in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district.
"The incident took place early this morning when a patrolling team of CRPF's 74thbattalion was out on an area domination operation in Chintalnar police station area," a CRPF official told PTI.
While security forces were cordoning off a patch between Burkapal police camp and Chintalnar, jawans inadvertently stepped over apressureIED (improvised explosive device), concealed beneath the earth, triggering theblastthat left Sub Inspector B S Bist and head constable Sudhakar, belonging to 74th battalion, injured, he said.

Soon after the incident, reinforcement was rushed to the spot to retrieve the injured personnel, he said.
"Sub Inspector Bist succumbed to injuries while being evacuated," the official said, adding thatthe injured Sudhakar was airlifted to Jagdalpur for treatment and his condition was said to be out of danger.
Yesterday, two jawans of the same CRPF batallion were injured in a pressure bomb blast in Chintalnar area.