Four securitymen, including two CRPF personnel, were killed when Naxalites triggered a powerful improvised explosive device blast in a marketplace in Gadhiroli district in Maharashtra. The security personnel were shopping at a local market in the area when the explosion took place at around 4.30 PM, killing two CRPF men and two police officers on the spot. The two CRPF men have been identified as Inspector Nauroti Yadav and constable Anand Kumar of the 9th battalion of the force, posted in the area for anti-Naxal operations. Two sub-inspectors of Maharashtra Police Shashi More and Mahendra Mangul were also killed in the attack. Senior officials said that a rescue team and additional reinforcements have been dispatched to the spot to trace the other policemen who were accompanying them and launch a combing operation to track down the Maoist rebels.