Rescue operation underway for missing Jharkhand Jaguar personnel

ANI  |  Garhwa (Jharkhand) [India] 

Security forces on Wednesday started conducting rescue operation for four Jaguar personnel, who were injured in a blast triggered by Naxals.

Helicopters and police trained dogs are being used to find the missing personnel.

Six jawans of the Jaguar force were killed, while four suffered injuries in a blast triggered by Naxals in Jharkhand's district on Tuesday night.

DIG Palamu Range Vipul Shukla confirmed the report and said, "Six Jaguar personnel killed, four injured in a blast triggered by Naxal in Jharkhand's district."

More details are awaited.

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First Published: Wed, June 27 2018. 14:25 IST