Three DRG personnel killed, one injured as IED goes off during demining operation in Chhattisgarh

Three members of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guards (DRG) were killed, and 1 was injured erstwhile an improvised explosive instrumentality (IED), planted by Maoists successful the past, exploded during a demining cognition successful Chhattisgarh’s Kanker territory connected Saturday (May 2, 2026), said a elder constabulary officer.

The unfortunate was conducting a demining cognition successful a wood country nether the Chhotebethiya constabulary presumption erstwhile the IED went off, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj.