India, Oct. 10 -- A minor boy from the tribal community was critically injured after accidentally stepping on a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred in the interior village of Peedia near Gangloor on Thursday evening when the boy came in contact with the explosive device buried by Maoists, officials said.

According to a police statement , the blast reflects the "inhuman nature" of Naxal violence, where innocent villagers are repeatedly targeted. Over the past few months, several civilians in the district's interior areas have been injured or killed in similar IED explosions planted by Maoists, the statement said.

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