A team of security personnel was patrolling to ensure security to the road construction works when the bomb exploded this morning at the forest in Depla village, Bijapur's Additional Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg told PTI.
The construction of the road is underway between Bhopalpatnam and Tarlaguda, located around 450 kms from here.
When the patrolling team was passing through a dirt track near Depla, a constable of the district force inadvertently stepped over thepressureImprovised Explosive Device (IED) connection, triggering ablastthat left him injured, Garg said.
A combing operation was underway in the region, he added.
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