Jamshedpur: Three police personnel died and two others sustained serious injuries when Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by CPI (Maoist) rebels exploded at Jharjhara forest in Lanji village under Toklo police station area in West Singhbhhum district around 8:45am on Thursday morning. The incident took place when the Jharkhand Jaguar team was patrolling the naxal-affected area about 160km from Jamshedpur. The Jharkhand Jaguar is a special police task force set up to tackle Maoists in the state DIG (Kolhan range) Rajiv Ranjan said a search operation is underway at the site. West Singhbhhum SP, Ajay Linda, recently told TOI that Jharjhara is a hilly forest area bordering Chaibasa, Seraikela and Khunti districts. Senior police and CRPF officials from Ranchi have rushed to Chaibasa to take stock of the ongoing operation against the rebels.