Eleven police personnel were injured in an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blast triggered in the wee hours of Tuesday morning here in Kuchai area of Saraikella. All the injured have been airlifted for Ranchi in the morning at 6.52 am.

The incident occurred when the troops of 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police were out on special joint operations. Among the injured, 8 personnel are of CoBRA while 3 of Jharkhand Police.

Further, details are awaited.

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