*New Delhi: Atleast 8 Indian soldiers were killed and wounded in a bombblast.*Two security personnel were killed and six others were injured whenMaoists triggered a blast in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur, where Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is scheduled to visit on Saturday.

The police said the improvised explosive device or IED planted by theMaoists hit a bus in which the security personnel were travelling.

The IED hit the bus from the side when the heavy vehicle reached a bend onthe road in a forest area at Bijapur, some 410 kilometres from statecapital Raipur.

Security forces secure a forest area in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur after Maoisttriggered a blastThe two security personnel belonged to the District Reserve Group or DRG.The six others are in a critical condition, the police said.

The police said reinforcements have arrived and secured the blast site.