Meanwhile, the condition of two Narayanpur district police officials injured during an encounter with Naxals on Saturday is improving, the Inspector General of Police (IG) in Bastar Range of Chhattisgarh said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma took cognizance of the accident and instructed the administration to ensure proper treatment to the injured.
During a search operation on October 19 carried out in jointly by ITBP and Narayanpur police, Naxals attacked the ITBP Patrolling team and carried out a major IED blast.
Two Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), jawans, who were injured in an IED blast executed by naxals, succumbed to their injuries and two jawans of Narayanpur district Police injured in the incident on Saturday, according to the Narayanpur district Police.
During the exchange of fire, an IDF soldier and an IDF reservist were lightly and moderately injured and have been evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment.
Two individuals lost their lives and 20 others were injured when a private bus returning from a religious site lost control and plunged into a ravine on the Balrampur road in the Dheberua police station area.
Of the five arrested in connection with the Bahraich violence, two were injured during an encounter, while the remaining three were taken into custody, according to Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar, who also stated that the situation is now under control.
As many as 23 passengers, including 11 were seriously injured after a bus collided with an unidentified container truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Lonavala on Thursday, the police said.