: A constable of Chhattisgarh police was killed and another person sustained injuries in a pressure bomb explosion in the forest area under Maraigudem police outpost limits in Sukma district of neighbouring Chhattisgarh on Monday afternoon.
According to sources, the incident took place a few kms away from Cherupally village in Dummugudem mandal of Khammam district along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border.
Sources said that Madakam Joga, a constable of Chhattisgarh police, and Sanjay, an operator of a concrete mixer excavator, sustained grievous injuries in a pressure bomb blast allegedly triggered by Maoists in Maraigudem forest area in the strife-torn Sukma district late on Monday afternoon. The injured constable was part of a joint team of police and CRPF personnel deployed at the spot to guard the ongoing road work between Maraigudem and Gollapalli in the dense forest area. The constable succumbed to injuries while being shifted to a hospital, the sources said. The injured excavator operator was shifted to the Government area hospital in Bhadrachalam. His condition is stated to be critical.
