Three ITBP men killed in Chhattisgarh blast

Raipur, Oct 8 (IANS) Three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were killed and another injured Friday in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist militants in Chhattisgarh. This is the first attack by the Maoists on ITBP personnel.

The attack was carried out near Kohaka village in Manpur region of Rajnandgaon district, close to Maharashtra border, some 200 km west of the state capital Raipur.

‘It was a landmine attack. The ITBP men were in a jeep and had been on assignment of area domination drive,’ Badri Narayan Meena, Rajnandgaon district Superintendent of police, told IANS over phone.

He said reinforcement have been rushed to the site.