A joint squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force (DF) on Thursday recovered as many as four pipe bombs in worst insurgency infested Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
According to the Police, the security personnel undertaking road opening exercise unearthed bombs planted by outlaws between restive village Basaguda and Tarrem falling under Basaguda police jurisdiction”.
“Rebels have planted the bombs with the intention to target police and paramilitary forces conducting operation in the region frequently,” added police.
“Security personnel along with the help of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) soon defused the bombs at the spot,” informed police.
In another case, a joint team of DF and Border Security Force (BSF) have recovered a muzzle loading gun in insurgency-hit Kanker district on Thursday, police informed.
Following a tip-off about a Naxal arms dump, security personnel swung into action and a team was dispatched to restive forest resulting in recovery of the firearm, added police.