CRPF jawan killed in blast during anti-Naxal operation at Odisha-Jharkhand border

A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in an explosion during an anti-Naxal operation at the Odisha-Jharkhand border on Saturday, police said.
The deceases jawan as identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Satyavan Kumar Singh. He hailed from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and belonged to the 134th battalion of the CRPF, news agency PTI reported.
Singh was part of a team that was searching the Saranda forest for explosives robbed by Maoists from near a stone quarry in Odisha's Sundergarh district on May 27, an official was quoted as saying.
The search was being conducted by a joint team of the Odisha Police, Jharkhand Police and CRPF when the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off, they added.
More details are awaited.

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