Two IEDs planted by Maoists destroyed by police in Chhattisgarh

Kothagudem: Security forces have destroyed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Thursday averting a threat to the lives of police forces. According to police, the IEDs were found planted on a road leading to Bangoli at Phundri village near an under construction bridge coming up over the […]

Kothagudem: Security forces have destroyed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Thursday averting a threat to the lives of police forces.

According to police, the IEDs were found planted on a road leading to Bangoli at Phundri village near an under construction bridge coming up over the river Indravati under Nelasnar police station limits targeting the security forces.

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A joint team of CRPF 165 Battalion and the District Reserve Guard personnel spotted the IEDs during the combing operation. A bomb disposal squad destroyed them safely by blasting them in an abandoned area, police said.

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