CRPF team escapes blast minutes before C'garh polling began
Forty minutes before polling began for the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, a CRPF foot patrol team on Monday escaped an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast planted by Maoists. The blast took place 700 metres away from a polling booth in Katekalyan. "There was no injury or loss to the polling team. Voting started as per schedule," police said.