A constable of the Central Reserve Police Force was injured on Tuesday when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists exploded in Chhattisgarh`s Bijapur district, police said.

The incident took place in the morning in a forest near Galgam village under Usoor police station limits, where a team of the CRPF`s 168th battalion was out an anti-Maoist operation, a senior police official said.