<p>A CRPF officer was injured in an IED explosion in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Monday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident happened near Patatorab village in Tonto police station area when security forces, comprising CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police, were on an anti-Naxal operation in a forest, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/3-maoists-arrested-in-chhattisgarh-ied-recovered-1220690.html">3 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh; IED recovered</a></strong></p>.<p>The Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by Maoists, went off, injuring Assistant Commandant of CRPF 197 battalion Rudra Pratap Tiwari, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said.</p>.<p>Tiwari received injuries from the splinters, and his condition is stable at present, he said.</p>.<p>The operation was continuing in the area, he added.</p>.<p>Eight villagers have been killed, and over two dozen people, including security personnel, injured in IED blasts in the area since January, officials said.</p>
<p>A CRPF officer was injured in an IED explosion in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Monday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident happened near Patatorab village in Tonto police station area when security forces, comprising CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police, were on an anti-Naxal operation in a forest, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/3-maoists-arrested-in-chhattisgarh-ied-recovered-1220690.html">3 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh; IED recovered</a></strong></p>.<p>The Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by Maoists, went off, injuring Assistant Commandant of CRPF 197 battalion Rudra Pratap Tiwari, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said.</p>.<p>Tiwari received injuries from the splinters, and his condition is stable at present, he said.</p>.<p>The operation was continuing in the area, he added.</p>.<p>Eight villagers have been killed, and over two dozen people, including security personnel, injured in IED blasts in the area since January, officials said.</p>