IED blast in Telangana kills three Greyhounds personnel

According to regional law enforcement, an explosion caused by a Maoist improvised explosive device (IED) resulted in the deaths of three Greyhounds personnel in the Peruru forest, located in the Wazeedu Mandal district along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. This event transpired during a search operation in the Peruru forest, near the villages of Lankapalli and Penugolu, an area under Chhattisgarh state jurisdiction. The Telangana state police commanding officer has neither confirmed nor denied the incident, stating that their forces were not participating in search operations in the Karregutta forest. Local news outlets report that security forces have been conducting search operations in the Karregutta forest area, which borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, under the designation ‘Operation Kagar’ for several weeks.