CRPF jawan dies in IED blast in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Sept 28: Two CRPF personnel were seriously injured in an IED blast in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Thursday and one of them died later in the course of treatment in Ranchi, police said. The two CRPF personnel belonging to its elite Cobra battalion were grievously injured in the blast near a forest between Tumbahaka and Sarjomburu villages in Tonto police station area of district during a combing operation against the Maoists by security forces, the police said. “Rajesh Kumar of 209 Cobra battalion succumbed to his injuries during treatment,” the police said. (PTI)