Malkangiri: In an IED blast in Malkangiri bordering Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, two jawans were critical. The STF and DRG jawans were conducting a combing operation in the Abujhamada jungles and two jawans were critically injured as Maoists did an IED blast. In an Improviseed Explosive Devices (IED) blast two jawans were critically injured in the Abujhamada jungles. Several others are reportedly injured in the IED blasts today. They have been rushed to the Narayanpur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). In an exchange of fire in the Bijapur forest, two Maoists were killed and one Jawan was martyred in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh near Malkangiri of Odisha. Search operation underway. Further information awaited.