Security personnel on Monday recovered as many as three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from separate locations in Maoist hot-bed Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
According to the police, a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) undertaking anti-Naxal exercises on Jagargunda-Dornapal route falling under limits of Polampalli police station recovered two IEDs from near Kankerlanka hills. The recovered IEDs could be around 10 kg each.
In another incident, the personnel of District Force (DF) have recovered an IED weighing around 15 kg placed by insurgents beneath a road close to village Dharampenta falling under limits of Kistaram police station, added police.
The recovered IEDs were immediately defused by experts of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), police informed.
To thwart operations in the region by targeting security personnel frequently undertaking operations, the cadres of banned organization plants IED in rough terrains.
In another incident, ultras torched a passenger bus in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Monday.
The incident took place under limits of Katekalyan police station during morning hours, added police.
As per information received, a group of armed rebels stopped a city bus heading towards Dantewada from Katekalyan and asked the passengers to alight from the bus and set it ablaze.