Representational Image (File Photo): Naxal Attack - An injured officer being carried to a local hospital.
Two policemen were injured in a pressure bomb blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district today, police said.
"The blast occurred near Emargunda village when the security personnel were carrying out a combing operation in the Gangaloor police station limits," a senior police official told the Press Trust of India (PTI).
"The security personnel accidentally came in contact with a pressure bomb planted by Maoists outside the village. In the explosion, head constable Rajesh Sen and assistant constable Asharam Netam sustained injuries," he told PTI.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot, and the injured policemen have been brought to a local hospital for treatment, he said.
A search operation is underway in the region, he added.
Maoists had earlier called for a day-long bandh today in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh to protest against the alleged displacement of tribals due to development projects.