DRG Jawan killed, three injured as IED planted by Maoists explodes in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

A Jawan of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) was killed and three other personnel were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists went off in Bijapur district on Monday (August 18, 2025), officials said.

The explosion occurred in the morning in Indravati National Park area when a team of DRG, a unit of the State police, was out on an anti-Maoist operation, a senior official said.

DRG Jawan Dinesh Nag was killed in the blast and three other personnel suffered injuries, he said.

The injured personnel were administered preliminary treatment and are being evacuated from the forest, the police official said.

Details of the operation, which was launched on Sunday (August 17), will be shared later, he added.