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Chhattisgarh Polls 2023: A day ahead of the state Assembly election, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan and two polling team members were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that took place in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Bastar region on Monday.

The incident took place near Rengagondi village when a joint party of BSF and District Force was going to set up a polling booth ahead of the first phase of Assembly elections in the state, which will take place on Tuesday, November 7.

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"A BSF constable and 2 polling team members were injured in an IED blast that took place in Kanker today. A joint party of BSF and District Force was going from Camp Marbeda to Rengaghati Rengagondi polling station with 04 polling teams from Chhotebetiya police station of district Kanker. Injured are undergoing treatment and their condition is normal," Police said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Meanwhile, one constable of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was injured while neutralising an IED bomb planted by naxals Murhapadar village of Narayanpur district.

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023

Polling to the 90-member state assembly will be held in two phases. The voting in the first phase will be held on November 7 and the voting in the second phase will take place on November 17. In the first phase, the political fate of 223 candidates, including 25 women, will be decided by an estimated 40,78,681 voters, including 19,93,937 males, 20,84,675 females and 69 third-gender persons.

(With Inputs From ANI)