3Photo© hindustantimes.com2 Workers Killed, 1 Injured In Naxal-Triggered IED Blast At Chhattisgarh Iron Ore Mine
Narayanpur: Two labourers were killed while another was critically injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxals went off at an iron ore mine site in Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite insurgency-hit Narayanpur district on Friday.
According to the police, the IED blast took place at around 7:30 AM on Friday morning when the three workers were heading for work on the the iron ore mine site located on a hill in Aamdai Ghati under the Chhote Dongar police station limits, 350 km away from state capital Raipur.
A senior police official said the IED was triggered when the three workers came into contact with the pressure explosive, resulting in deaths of two workers and injuries to another. “Prime facie, the workers came in contact with the pressure IED connection triggering the blast,” the official said.