During search operation, Kondagaon district police Friday succeeded in detecting eight landmines laid by Maoist insurgents beneath road with a view to inflict heavy damage on security forces, police said.
According to Kondagaon assistant superintendent of police Surjit Atri, a joint team of district police force, Chhattisgarh Armed Force and QRT Kondagaon, CRPF 212 Battalion left Bayanar thana for conducting search and road demining operation. Working on a tip off the team after conducting
extensive search on Bayanar road detected 6 Tiffin bombs of 2-4 kg, two pipe bombs of 6 kg each, detonator 8 units along with about 200 metre fuse wire hidden two feet beneath the road. later the bomb disposal squad defused them averting a major damage to security forces planned by the insurgents.