Policeman injured in IED blast by Naxals in C'garh's Dantewada

A policeman was today injured after Naxals triggered an improvised explosive device near a market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district.

A local police official told PTI that assistant constable Jagat Ram Karma was near a weekly market in Chhote Tumnar village under Geedam police station when the incident occurred.

Karma, posted at Bijapur's Nelasnar police station, was rushed to a hospital in Bijapur and he is currently out of danger, the official informed.

Combing operations have been launchedinthe region to track down the ultras, he added.