Bijapur IED blast injures two CoBRA personnel

• Two CoBRA personnel were injured in an IED blast in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, during an area domination and search operation.
• The injured personnel sustained minor injuries and are in stable condition; a search operation for Maoists has been launched.
• This incident follows a December 3 operation where seven Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire along the Bijapur-Dantewada border.
• The ITBP recently completed a strategic expansion into Chhattisgarh's Abujhmad region, establishing the Lanka Company Operating Base (COB).
• The Lanka COB aims to disrupt a major interstate movement and supply corridor used by Naxal insurgents.

Why It Matters: Security forces face persistent Naxal threats despite strategic gains in Chhattisgarh.