{"id":211804,"date":"2023-02-27T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T18:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=211804"},"modified":"2023-02-27T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T18:50:11","slug":"chhattisgarh-caf-jawan-killed-in-blast-of-ied-planted-by-naxalites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/chhattisgarh-caf-jawan-killed-in-blast-of-ied-planted-by-naxalites\/","title":{"rendered":"Chhattisgarh: CAF jawan killed in blast of IED planted by Naxalites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Narayanpur, 26 Feb: A head constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh\u2019s Narayanpur district on Sunday, police said.<br \/>\nThe incident took place at around 7 am near Batum village under Orchha police station limits, Narayanpur Additional Superintendent of Police Hemsagar Sidar said.<br \/>\nAfter receiving information that Naxalites have put up banners in the area, a CAF team had launched patrolling from Orchha police station, located around 300 km from state capital Raipur, he said.<br \/>\nWhen the patrolling team was advancing through Batum, head constable Sanjay Lakra, belonging to CAF\u2019s 16th battalion, inadvertently stepped over a pressure IED connection which triggered the blast, leading to his death, the official said.<br \/>\nThe body of Lakra, who was a resident of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh, was brought to a local hospital, he added.<br \/>\nOn Saturday, three police personnel were killed in an encounter with Naxalites in the state\u2019s Sukma district. (PTI)<br \/>\nOn February 20, two policemen were killed in a Naxalite attack in Rajnandgaon district of the state. PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narayanpur, 26 Feb: A head constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh\u2019s Narayanpur district on Sunday, police said. The incident took place at around 7 am near Batum village under Orchha police station limits, Narayanpur Additional Superintendent of Police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}