A jawan of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday, police said.
The blast occurred between Toynar and Farsegarh villages, where a CAF team was out patrolling to provide security to road construction work, an official said. The official said constable Manoj Pujari (26), belonging to the CAF’s 19th battalion, inadvertently stepped over an IED, triggering the blast that killed him. He said a search operation was underway in the area.
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September 25, 2022
US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence opines that terrorists will conduct AI-powered cyberattacks and pair AI software with commercially available drones to create ‘smart weapons’.
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- India: Thoubal police recover IED planted by suspected militants
September 25, 2022
Police in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Sunday recovered an IED which was planted by suspected militants at the house of an individual.
Police said that the IED was found planted at the veranda of the house of one Puyam Tenden Singh (54) of Langathel Thingel Leikai under Khongjom police station of the district.
Personnel of the Khongjom ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Explosives recovered near LoC in Poonch
September 24, 2022
Security forces on Thursday recovered explosives near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.
During a search operation, Army troops found a bag near the LoC in Noorkot area, they said.
They recovered a radio set, grenades, one circuit and one metal box, which is likely to be an Improvised Explosive ...
- India: 2 involved in planting IED arrested in Manipur
September 12, 2022
Two persons involved in the planting of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the office of Ward Development Committee in Manipur’s Imphal West district on September 8 were arrested, police said on Monday.
Superintendent of Police, Imphal West, Ksh Shivakanta told reporters that following intelligence reports about presence of an underground cadre involved in the incident, ...
- India: Bomb explodes in front of RSS worker’s house in Kerala’s Kannur
September 10, 2022
A crude bomb exploded in front of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker’s residence in the Chavassery area of Kannur district on Thursday night.
As per police, the explosion took place about 50 meters away from Sudheesh’s house. Police along with the forensic team and dog squad visit the spot and collected the evidence. Later, the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED Defused In Srinagar
September 6, 2022
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that it recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 30-35 Kgs during a search operation in Khonmoh area of Srinagar district.
“On a specific input regarding presence of militants in Khonmoh area of Srinagar, a joint ops was launched by Police & 50RR. During search of Orchards area, ...
- India: 106 landmines, 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire in a massive anti-Naxal operation Octopus in Jharkhand
September 6, 2022
In a massive operation against Naxals in the Budha Pahar area of Jharkhand, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police teams have recovered 106 different types of landmines, over 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire ammonium nitrate, arrow bombs, and various types of explosives.
The anti-Naxal operation ‘Octopus’ has been jointly launched by Jharkhand ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, ‘Magnetic IED’ recovered in Baramulla district
September 5, 2022
In a first, government forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In a statement, issued to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that a suspect namely Saqib Shakeel Dar was apprehended with war like stores in a joint operation by ...
- India: Canada-based gangster behind IED bomb planted under Police SI’s car
August 29, 2022
With the arrest of seven persons including a man who planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the car of Punjab Police Sub-Inspector in Amritsar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday said that it is yet another case of terrorist-gangster nexus to disturb peace in the border state as it turned out ...
- India: Man who planted IED under cop’s car in Amritsar among seven held
August 28, 2022
Punjab Police have cracked the Amritsar improvised explosive device (IED) case with the arrest of seven persons, including a man who had planted the explosive under a sub-inspector’s car August 16, police said on Saturday.
The police claimed it to be the handiwork of Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa. Gangster Landa (33), who is native ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: 10kg IED recovered in Pulwama
August 22, 2022
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing over 10kg in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
The device is being destroyed right now, the police said.
They said that the explosive was found in the Tral area of the district. This is the second incident this month when an IED was found in Pulwama.
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- Russia detains IS suicide bomber plotting terrorist attack in India
August 22, 2022
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said that its officers had detained a suicide bomber, a member of the Islamic State terrorist group, who was plotting a terrorist attack against one of India’s leadership elite, Russia news agency Sputnik reported.
“Russia’s FSB identified and detained a member of the Islamic State international terrorist organization ...
- India: 2 more persons held for planting IED under Punjab cop’s vehicle
August 21, 2022
Two more persons were arrested in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) planted under the vehicle of Punjab Police sub-inspector Dilbag Singh in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man from Shirdi on Saturday in this connection, an official said.
In a joint operation with the Punjab police, the ATS ...
- India: Car cleaner alerts Punjab cop of suspicious material under car, turns out to be IED
August 17, 2022
The quick thinking by a car cleaner prevented a major mishap as he alerted its owner, a sub-inspector, of a suspicious object under his sports utility vehicle (SUV), which later turned out to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED), the police Tuesday said.
The IED was found hidden under S-I Dilbagh Singh’s vehicle outside his residence at ...
- India: Police to reward those who detect dummy IEDs
August 8, 2022
The Delhi Police has decided to reward people who will detect the dummy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which were planted by the Special Cell in different districts of the national Capital, a senior officer said on Saturday.
The Delhi Police in June last had said it will plant dummy IEDs in high footfall areas of the ...
- India: MHA Approves Rs 45-Cr CRPF Plan To Purchase Vehicle-Mounted Jammers To Combat IED Threat
July 28, 2022
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved Rs 45.19 crore for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to purchase vehicle-mounted Remote Controller Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) jammers for use in hyper-sensitive areas especially in Jammu and Kashmir and for certain VVIP protectees.
Estimated cost of one such vehicle is around Rs 4.5 crore and initially ...
- “Worrying Trend” Of Children Being Recruited For Terror Activities – India At UN
July 20, 2022
India has expressed concern on the rising number of children recruited and involved in terrorism-related activities, terming it as a “dangerous and worrying trend” and asked UN member states to demonstrate “greater political will” to hold the perpetrators of terrorism and their sponsors to account and also fulfil the Security Council’s child protection obligations.
Addressing the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered from Srinagar
July 18, 2022
Police today recovered 6 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material on National Highway from a person in Srinagar.
A police spokesman said that Srinagar police on technical inputs arrested one person – Zahid Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Aaziz Mir, resident of Aripanath Beerwah Budgam.
The spokesman said that during examination he disclosed having hidden IED ...
- India: 30 ‘dummy IEDs’ planted across Delhi to check police alertness, 12 found
July 14, 2022
To check preparedness of police departments in the national capital, the Delhi Police Special Cell “infiltrated and planted” 30 dummy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in places with high footfall over the past month, of which only 12 were detected — by the public, private security guards and local police.
The decision to conduct the dummy IED ...
- India: Over 600 Explosives, 495 Detonators Seized In Anti-Maoist Operation In Bihar
July 13, 2022
An assortment of more than 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and around 500 detonators have been recovered by CoBRA commandos during a recent anti-Maoist operation in Bihar, officials said Wednesday.
The recoveries were made last week in the jungles of Gaya district of the state.
The operation was conducted by the 205th battalion of the Commando Battalion ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs, pistols, grenades seized from captured LeT militant’s hideout in Rajouri
July 4, 2022
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized arms, ammunition and explosives from a hideout of arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Talib Shah in the Draj area of border Rajouri district.
The seizures include six sticky bombs, one pistol along with three magazines, including two Glock pistols and one 30 bore pistol, one under-barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) along ...
- India: Uttar Pradesh Police to get 5 more bomb disposal squads
July 1, 2022
The Uttar Pradesh Police (UPP) will soon get five more bomb detection and disposal squads (BDDS).
The new BDDS will be raised to engage them for upcoming vital installations like Metro train services, Ram Janmabhoomi temple and new international airports.
Some of the existing BDDS squads are based in Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Mathura, Agra, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and ...
