Gadchiroli: An IED blast has taken place, a day after 5 including Dantewada MLA Bheema Mandavi lost their lives in Chhattisgarh in a Maoists attack. Reportedly, a trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was critically injured.
The blast took place in Gatta-Ettapalli area of the district where the troops of the 191st battalion were on patrol. The Central Reserve Police Force troops were out to secure the area ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, they said, according to a PTI report.
The constituency Gadchiroli-Chimur is to go for polls on April 11, in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.