Jamshedpur, June 15 -- Amidst the ongoing intensified anti-Naxal operations, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed on Saturday following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in the dense forests located along the Jharkhand-Odisha border.
According to official sources, the incident took place during a coordinated combing operation jointly carried out by CRPF, Odisha Police's Special Operations Group (SOG) and Jharkhand Police.
The objective of the operation was to track and dismantle Naxal hideouts and to disrupt their logistics and movement in the forest and hilly regions near K Bolang Police Station area in Rourkela district of Odisha.
During the course of the operation, the security perso...