RAIPUR – A bomb blast has been reported in Chattisgurh India on Saturdaytargeting the security forces.

At least four District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were injured in anImprovised Explosive Device (IED) blast suspected to be triggered by theNaxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday.

According to ANI, the IED blast was triggered in a forest near Sirsettivillage, under the Fulbagdi police station limits, when the securitypersonnel were out on an anti-Naxal operation.

“Four jawans of the DRG were injured in the blast,” Deputy InspectorGeneral (DIG) of Police Sundarraj P said.

DRGs are part of the state police force.

A reinforcement was rushed to the area and efforts were on to evacuate theinjured personnel, he added.

On March 13, nine CRPF personnel were killed between Kistaram and Palodivillages in the insurgency-affected Sukma district after a blast carriedout by the Naxals targeted their mine-protected vehicle (MPV).