Two constables killed, four wounded in IED blast in Chhattisgarh
Hindustan TimesTwo police constables were killed and four others wounded when suspected Maoists detonated an improvised Explosive Device at Tarrem in Chhattisgarh’s Left-wing insurgency-hit Bijapur amid heightened anti-Maiost operations that have left at least 139 insurgents dead this year. In a statement, the Chhattisgarh Police identified the two as Bharat Sahu and Satyer Singh Kange, and said they were part of a team of security forces that was returning after a search operation on Wednesday when the IED went off. The constables were killed on the day Maharashtra Police killed 12 Maoists on Wednesday near Jarabandi, which borders Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. On July 9, security forces killed a woman Maoist in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, taking the number of Maoists killed in the state this year to 139.