An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing 25 kgs was detected and defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of paramilitary police forces at insurgency-hit Kondagaon district in Bastar, police said here on Sunday.
According to the police, based on specific intelligence inputs, a BDS team of 188th battalion of CRPF had started on minesweeping task.
On Batrali-Bavanamri approach road, policemen found a powerful 25 kg IED, which was defused on the spot.
“The mine was planted by Naxals with the intention of causing serious harm to security forces,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Kondagaon Santosh Singh said.
Police also called upon the locals to pass on the information about IEDs planted by Naxals so that any untoward incident could be averted, he added.Notably, a few days back, police had defused a 30 kg IED planted near the same spot by Naxals.