West Singhbhum, Oct. 11 -- A CRPF personnel lost his life while two personnel were injured in the two IED blasts in the Saranda forest area, police said on Saturday.

Head Constable Mahendra Laskar, a resident of Assam, succumbed to his injuries.

In the Saranda forest area under the Jaraikela police station in Chaibasa, CRPF personnel from the 60th Battalion, including an inspector, an ASI and a head constable, were injured in two IED blasts. The injured were taken to Rourkela for treatment. Head Constable Mahendra Laskar (a resident of Assam) lost his life in the incident, Jharkhand Police said.

Police said that anti-naxal operations are underway.

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