Malkangiri: A jawan of the Chhattisgarh armed force was killed in Dantewada district on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on Thursday following the explosion of a pressure bomb.
The jawan is identified as Laxmikant Dwivedy of Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred when the jawans were undertaking a combing operation at Pakulnad forest in the bordering area of Malkangiri district.
Reports said the injured Chhattisgarh armed force jawan killed in a bomb explosion on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border. The jawan was taken to the nearest hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.