Two live IEDs planted under a culvert were recovered and defused in Jharkhand’s Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district, a police officer said on Friday.
The explosives were detected in Bahada village within Chotanagra police station limits on Thursday during a joint operation by the CRPF’s 193rd Battalion and the district armed police.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Manoharpur) David Dhorey said the two IEDs were defused on the spot by a bomb disposal squad of the paramilitary force.
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Source: Press Trust India
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