When the patrolling team was cordoning off the area, a Bastar Fighters jawan inadvertently stepped on the pressure IED, which exploded and left him injured, the senior police official said.The injured jawan was shifted to the Narayanpur district hospital. He would be referred to a higher center for medical care if required, the official added.Maoists often plant IEDs along the road and dirt tracks in the forest to target security personnel during patrolling in the interior pockets of the state’s Bastar region, comprising seven districts including Narayanpur.Many civilians have fallen prey to such traps in the past in the tribal-dominated region, police said.
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