<p>Raipur: A CRPF dog accompanying troops during an anti-Naxal patrol in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh has been seriously injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, officials said on Thursday.</p><p>The three-year-old Endro, a male Belgian Shepherd tracker dog, suffered a fracture in a right leg in the blast that took place around 1:30 pm on Wednesday near the Chhinagelur village in the district.</p><p>The canine is safe. He saved the lives of the troops of the 'Alpha' company of the 229th battalion who were undertaking a patrol in the area as part of an anti-Naxal operation, the officials said.</p>.12 Naxalites gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur; January toll rises to 26.<p>He is being provided medical care at a facility in nearby Bijapur district, they said.</p><p>The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and other security forces extensively use dogs, trained for sniffing IEDs and booby traps, for operations in the Left Wing Extremism-affected regions of various states. </p>
<p>Raipur: A CRPF dog accompanying troops during an anti-Naxal patrol in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh has been seriously injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, officials said on Thursday.</p><p>The three-year-old Endro, a male Belgian Shepherd tracker dog, suffered a fracture in a right leg in the blast that took place around 1:30 pm on Wednesday near the Chhinagelur village in the district.</p><p>The canine is safe. He saved the lives of the troops of the 'Alpha' company of the 229th battalion who were undertaking a patrol in the area as part of an anti-Naxal operation, the officials said.</p>.12 Naxalites gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur; January toll rises to 26.<p>He is being provided medical care at a facility in nearby Bijapur district, they said.</p><p>The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and other security forces extensively use dogs, trained for sniffing IEDs and booby traps, for operations in the Left Wing Extremism-affected regions of various states. </p>