"My thoughts are with the bereaved family. During this difficult time, we stand with all the families. May God grant the departed souls a place at his holy feet and strength to the family members to bear this sorrow,” the UP CM tweeted.
The police have also recovered two remote-controlled IEDs and detonators from their possession.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who also serves as the state's home minister, condemned the bombing, calling it a cowardly crime.
The deceased officer, belonging to CoBRA's 206th battalion, was a resident of Maharashtra's Nashik district. The seven other injured personnel were undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Raipur.
The dog named Sophia, also known as 'Shiksha', saved lives of her colleagues and people involved in the road construction.
The security personnel were returning early on Sunday morning after conducting polls at Tamar assembly seat for the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections when Maoist Guerrillas triggered IED blast in which two CRPF personnel got injured, according to police.
Initial reports said that the soldiers were patrolling the area when the IED suspected to have been planted by Pakistani troops or terrorists exploded.
Meanwhile, two Army personnel who were injured in a powerful IED blast at Aarihal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday died today morning.
The injured security personnel were airlifted to Ranchi for treatment
The remarks come in the wake of an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Maharashtra’s Gadchroli district earlier on Wednesday which left 16 people dead including 15 security personnel.
