Chaibasa: Security forces seized eight Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by CPI(Maoists) in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district.
Acting on reliable inputs that Maoists have planted IEDs in the area to target security personnel engaged in anti-Maoist operation, security forces launched a search operation in the forest foothill in Rengdra. During the search operation, the security personnel recovered the eight IEDs planted in the Rengdra forest foothill, about 140 km from Ranchi.
The bomb disposal squad defused the IEDs, each weighing 1.5 kg to 2 kg, said a senior police officer.
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