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patna, oct 18 (ians) five central reserve police force (crpf) troopers were killed and four seriously injured early thursday when maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in a forested area in bihar's gaya district, police said. |
the blast took place in the chakharbandha forest area, about 100 km from here, when crpf personnel were conducting a combing operation.
"it appears that maoists used a huge quantity of explosives to detonate the improvised explosive device," m.k. sinha, inspector general, crpf, said.
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