Villager critical in IED explosion

A villager was critically injured when a bomb planted by naxals exploded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today, the police said.
"The man, identified as B Ashok Kumar, sustained injuries in the blast occurred at Elarmadgu village under Bhejji police station limits this afternoon," Sukma Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena told PTI.
The incident occurred when Kumar inadvertently touched the IED connection, hidden in bushes, which triggered the explosion, he said, adding that Kumar was headed towards the anganwadi centre in the area to pick his mother.
A police team shifted Kumar to Bhadrachalm in neighbouring Telangana for better treatment, the SP said.

The Maoists typically plant IEDs to target security forces deployed in the area.
In many incidents in the past, security forces as well as villagers became victims of such blasts in the Bastar region, Meena said.
In one such incident on January 18 this year, two women and a minor girl were killed while four others were injured in a pressure landmine explosion in Narayanpur district.