“When the search operation began in the Kulapaburu forest, an IED concealed in the ground exploded, injuring a CoBRA jawan. His colleagues immediately rescued him, extracted him from the forest, and transported him to a helipad,” stated an official release from the Jharkhand police headquarters. After receiving primary treatment, the injured jawan was airlifted by chopper to Ranchi for further care, it added.Notably, the top leadership of the CPI (Maoist) organisation is believed to be camping in the Saranda jungles. To protect their senior leaders from security forces, the Maoists have laid a network of pressure bombs, which security personnel have been working to remove for the last year.Personnel from CRPF, CoBRA, Jharkhand Jaguar, and Jharkhand Police are all involved in the ongoing search operation against the Naxalites in the Saranda jungles.
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