
Additional SP, other personnel injured in IED blast in Sukma
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: An Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and several other police personnel sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists went off in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, The Hindu reported.
In the incident, ASP Konta Division, District Sukma, Akash Rao Giripunje sustained serious injuries. Some other officers and jawans have also been injured in the blast, IG Bastar P Sundarraj was quoted by ANI
The ASP was on foot patrol duty in the area to prevent any Naxalite incident in view of the call for Bharat Bandh on June 10 by CPI(M). All the injured are being treated at Konta Hospital. Among the injured, the condition of ASP Akash Rao is said to be critical. The other injured are currently out of danger. Efforts are on to shift Additional SP Akash Rao to a higher medical centre soon for better treatment, the IG Bastar added.