RAIPUR: A personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was killed in a blast triggered by Maoists in the Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh on the second and final phase of the polling day while the jawan was escorting the polling party.
The incident took place at Bade Gobra village near Manpur police station in Bindranavagarh (ST) constituency when a polling party was returning from the booth after carrying out the voting process. The personnel was guarding the polling party and moving with them when Naxalites triggered an IED, leaving him killed on the spot, officials said. Though he was rushed to the nearest hospital, he succumbed.