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Raipur/IBNS: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast carried out by Maoists in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on the day of assembly elections on Tuesday, media reports said.

In the first phase covering 20 of the total 90 assembly seats, 223 candidates, including 25 women, are in the fray and as per electoral rolls, 40,78,681 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise.

A commando of CoBRA, an elite unit of CRPF, was injured on Tuesday in an IED blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district as polling for the first phase of state assembly elections got underway in the region, police said.

While top CRPF officials said the commandos goes for training every three months and their withdrawal is in line with the same yearly cycle, ‘some’ didn't welcome the decision to send the force, said sources

This is the first time that CoBRA have been moved out of central and eastern India and sent to J&K | Latest News India

The battalions will be deployed in sensitive areas where the security situation is tense and this unit will constitute a key component of counter-insurgency operations.

The Assam cabinet approved Rs 839.95 crore for the formation of five new Commando Battalions, informed the officials on Monday

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the recruitment process of five new Commando Battalions of Assam police will be completed by August this year.

In a major administrative decision, the State government has sanctioned five new Assam Commando Battalions under the Assam Police.

The Chief Minister during the conference also harped on the importance of robust strategies for stopping the commission of crimes and performing well researched, exhaustive and intelligent investigations.