India: CRPF upgrading IED detection equipment to avoid casualties

With growing number of deaths of its troopers in blasts – a new strategy adopted by Maoists – in the last few years, the CRPF is in the process of upgrading their Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection equipment and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) unit to avoid casualties of their troopers in the Maoist-affected areas.

These equipment are very sensitive detectors and are capable of tracing hidden analogue and digital signals which are frequently used for ignition of IEDs and land mines, a source close to the anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region told IANS.

The equipment, with light in their size, have a crystal detection sensor for detecting conducted circuits commonly found in IEDs and radio transmitted wireless devices, he said. “The can capture frequency possible even through solid materials such as walls, bricks, glass, plastic, concrete and wood.”