Security forces on Wednesday recovered eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Maoists in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Security personnel spotted the IEDs packed in steel boxes planted beneath the dirt track, averting a major mishap, he said. The pressure switch mechanism was used in the IEDs which were later neutralised by the BDS.
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Source: DH News
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