Three security personnel were killed and two injured in a Naxal-triggered IED blast.
Incident took place in the forests of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Thursday.
Three men of the special unit of state police, Jharkhand Jaguars, were killed in blast.
Blast occurred around 8:45 am in Hoyahatu village under Toklo police station area.
A Jharkhand Jaguars jawan and a CRPF personnel from its 197th battalion were also injured.
The joint team of Jharkhand Jaguars and CRPF was out for an anti-Maoist operation.