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One COBRA jawan killed, 15 injured in Maoist blast in Imamganj area
GAYA: In what appears to be a retaliatory action, members of the People’s Liberation Gurellia Army, the armed wing of the Maoists, on Tuesday evening engineered a blast that blew up a vehicle carrying nearly one dozen COBRA personnel, the elite anti-Naxal force engaged in the drive to free the Naxal infested areas from red terror. At least one COBRA personnel was killed and 15 others were injured in the Maoist attack. Confirming the Maoist operation, CRP DIG Chiranjeev Prasad said that three of the personnel were critically injured and about a dozen others were grievously hurt in the blast. The slain personnel has been identified as head constable Gulab Yadav said the CRPF DIG.
Ambulances from the nearby places including Imamganj and Sherghati have been rushed to rescue the injured jawans. The rescue operation was getting hampered due to darkness. Asked about air lifting of the injured personnel, the CRPF DIG said that a chopper cannot be made to land at the blast site at this point of time. “A chopper was requisitioned in the divisional head quarters in Gaya to airlift the injured personnel to Patna or any other place for better medical assistance,” said the DIG The severe IED explosion that caused extensive damage, took place while the COBRA personnel were returning to their base in the Imamganj area after a day-long operation against the Maoists. As the vehicle neared Salaiya Mor in the Naxal infested Dumaria- Imamganj area, the waiting Maoists triggered the blast probably through a sophisticated remote controlled device. After engineering the IED blast, the Maoists also fired on the COBRA jawans. Further details are awaited.