IED blast kills CRPF jawan near Jharkhand border in Odisha | India News
ROURKELA/RANCHI: A CRPF assistant sub-inspector was killed in an IED explosion during an area domination exercise in Odisha’s Sundargarh district near the border with Jharkhand early on Saturday. Satyaban Kumar Singh (34), from Kishinagar in Uttar Pradesh, was critically injured when the IED, suspected to have been planted by Maoists, detonated around 6amin Saranda forest. Singh, who was posted with CRPF’s 134 Battalion, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Rourkela.The operation was launched following intelligence inputs about Maoist movement. A joint team of CRPF and special operations group was conducting the operation when the IED detonated. The area has been under heightened security following the looting of around 5 tonnes of explosives by Maoists from the Banko stone quarry on May 27. Security forces have since recovered about 4 tonnes of the stolen explosives.
