Bijapur police defused a bomb planted by Naxals with the intention of causing hurt to security personnel in the Jangla police station limits, informed a statement released from the office of Superintendent of Police Bijapur Prashant Agrawal on Thursday.
According to police a road opening party (ROP) had started from Jangla police station towards Matwad. After travelling about 2 kms from the police station the party saw some suspected wires after which the bomb disposal squad was immediately called.
The BDS then diffused the bomb cautiously. The weight of bomb was about 5kg and was dangerous enough to cause fatal injuries, police said. A detonator, pencil cells, cordex wire, explosive, iron parts, pressure switch made of bamboo and a one meter wire was recovered from the spot.