Two CoBRA commandos injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

Two commandos of CRPF’s CoBRA unit were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation in



the Farsegarh police station area, an official said.

Personnel belonging to the Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard (DRG), both units of the state police, and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute action – an elite unit of CRPF) were involved in the operation, which is still underway, he said.