Jamshedpur, Dec. 15 -- Two jawans of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) were critically injured after triggering a Maoist-planted improvised explosive device (IED) during a search operation in the dense jungles near Baliba village in the West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.

"Head constable Alok Das and constable Narayan Das of COBRA Battalion-209 were seriously injured in an IED blast when they hit one of the many IEDs planted by CPI (Maoist) extremists near Baliba village under the Chotanagra PS on Sunday. Both have been medically evacuated from the deep jungle inside the Saranda forests and airlifted to a higher medical care institution in Ranchi. The search operation is ongoing, and we will be able to share ...