A 10 year old girl was injured when she accidentally stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device allegedly planted by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.fc188

The incident took place on Sunday evening on the outskirts of Timmapuram village under Chintalnar police station area, a senior police official said.

A senior police officer told PTI that the preliminary investigation revealed that the girl inadvertently stepped over the pressure IED, triggering the blast.

The girl suffered injuries and was shifted to a hospital and as per police the girl's condition was reported to be stable.

Naxalites often plant IEDs along the road and dirt tracks in forests to target security personnel during patrolling in the interior pockets of Bastar region, which comprises seven districts including Sukma, Bijapur and Narayanpur.

Civilians have in the past also fallen prey to such traps laid by Naxalites in the region, police said.

In neighbouring Bijapur district, two policemen were injured when a pressure IED plant by Naxalites exploded on Sunday, while a CRPF jawan received injuries in a similar incident on Saturday.

Both teams started off strong, looking to break each others' back line in the first quarter but no team were able to breach the barrier.

On January 10, a villager was killed and three others were injured in two such incidents in Orchha area of Narayanpur district.

On January 6fc188, Naxalites blew up a vehicle with an IED in Bijapur district, killing eight police personnel and their civilian driver.