Landmine blast in Jharkhand Kills 2 CRPF jawans

November 22, 2009 04:30 pm | Updated December 17, 2016 05:27 am IST - Ranchi

Two CRPF personnel were killed and seven others injured on Sunday when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast in Jharkhand’s Gumla district.

“The personnel were going in an anti-landmine vehicle when a landmine blew it up near Lapu village,” the Inspector General of Police V Deshmukh told PTI here.

The injured have been shifted to hospital.

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