Blast hurts 3 CRPF personnel

Jagdalpur, July 27 (UNI) Three CRPF personnel have been injured, two of them severely, in a blast in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said.

The two personnel, grievously hurt in the July 24 incident, were rushed to a Raipur hospital last night.

A patrol team from Kuruaynaar base camp detected a landmine on a road in the vicinity of Singaar Bahaar village. While the personnel were attempting to defuse the device, two pressure bombs exploded nearby, injuring Inspector Mastram Pradhan, constables S K Sharma and Arun Maurya.

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