 "Jharkhand: CRPF jawans among five injured in blasts set off by Maoists")
Bokaro, Jharkhand: Four CRPF personnel were among five persons injured today in Maoist violence in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district where polling is underway. Targeting a CRPF patrol, Maoists triggered two landmine blasts at Lalpania near Jhumra hills, injuring three personnel and a civilian driver, CRPF (26th Battalion) Commandant Sanjay Kumar said. [caption id=“attachment_1431347” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational Image. PTI [/caption] The men were Pratap Singh, Surendra Kumar and PC Mandal while the driver was identified as Ranjit Kumar, Kumar said. Maoists also fired on a CRPF patrol near Tulbul village in the area injuring a personnel in a brief encounter, the CRPF official said. Maoists also blew up railway lines in Bokaro district disrupting train services. A pressure cooker bomb was recovered near a polling booth in Maoist-hit Saranda forest, an hour before polling began in the Singhbhum (reserved) constituency, police said. PTI
Maoists also fired on a CRPF patrol near Tulbul village in the area injuring a personnel in a brief encounter, the CRPF official said.
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