CRPF jawan injured in bomb blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

RAIPUR: A CRPF jawan was injured in the explosion of a pressure bomb, suspected to be planted by the Naxals, in Bijapur district of

Chhattisgarh

on Friday.

Sunderraj P, Deputy Inspector General, South Bastar, told PTI on phone that Lakshman Rao (29), a jawan of the 85th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, was injured after stepping on a pressure bomb near Mahadev Ghat.

He was part of a CRPF team which had set out for Bhopalpatnam from Bijapur for patrolling, the DIG said.

Rao was shifted to Raipur for treatment, he said.