Two CRPF jawans were killed on Thursday in a bomb blast in in Jamui parliamentary constituency in Bihar at around 5:30 am, one and a half hour before the start of polling in the area.
The incident took place when CRPF and Bihar Police team were travelling in two jeeps and were on their way to a polling station in Jamui parliamentary constituency.
The Maoists triggered an IED planted under the bridge they were crossing, near Sawa Lakh Baba Mandir at the entrance of Bhimbandh jungle.
In the blast, five others jawans are also believed to have been injured and have been taken to the Sadar Hospital in Munger district, about 170 km from state capital Patna.
Meanwhile, additional forces have been deployed in the area in the face of more such attacks during the day..
LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan is in the fray from the Jamui parliamentary constituency against Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary of JD (U) and Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhaskar of RJD.
Six parliamentary constituencies of Bihar, including Jamui are going to polls in the first phase of the elections in the state today.
All six -- Jamui, Aurangabad, Sasaram, Gaya, Nawada and Karakat are located in the Naxal-affected areas in the state. Maoists had earlier given a call for a poll boycott.
In another incident, Gaya Police seized six can bombs weighing 30 kg each from Banke Bazar area under Imamganj Assembly segment, which is part of Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat, where too polls are underway.
The bombs were defused, Gaya senior superintendent of police Nishant Tiwari said.
Brisk voting is on in the six constituencies where polling is on in the state.
Election office sources said above seven per cent votes were cast in the first two hours of polling in Sasaram(SC), Aurangabad, Karakat, Gaya (SC), Jamui (SC) and Nawada.
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