An alert has been sounded in the anti-Naxal operations theatre of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand following a “spike” in IED blasts and recoveries, including that of a device rigged with beer bottles and a small antenna for remote control explosion, officials said.
The analysis report states that during 2020-22, IEDs were being planted by Naxals in a 3-7 km radius of a security camp which are now being found at less than 3 km near CRPF or other forces camps to kill and injure them. There is also a 25 per cent rise in these incidents during 2022-24 as compared to 2020-2021, the report said.
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Source: Hindustan Times
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