CISF Jawan Among 4 Killed as Naxals Detonate Bomb in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

Four people, including a CISF jawan, was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in triggered by Naxals in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Thursday. Two personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were also injured in the incident, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told news agency PTI. The explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli in Dantewada when the personnel was returning to their camp after purchasing groceries from the market, he said. The civilians killed in the blast included the bus driver, conductor and cleaner. The attack comes a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s campaign in the state on Friday. Gandhi will address five rallies over two days, including in Rajnandangaon, the constituency of CM Raman Singh, while Modi will visit Jagdalpur