To disrupt the polling procedure by injuring security forces accompanying the polling groups Maoist insurgents had planted Improvised Explosive Devices all over the roads in internal areas of Bastar as well as insurgency hit areas of Rajnandgaon.
They also hid pipe bomb, Tiffin bomb, pressure bomb beneath the soil to assault the security forces besides putting up dangerous spikes (metallic nails pierced in wood logs) to injure paramilitary troopers. But thwarting their nefarious designs, alert security forces as well as district police detected a number of IEDs, and explosives and spikes which could have dealt great damage to security forces had they been not unearthed in advance.
A release issued by the office of additional Inspector General of Police (Naxal operations) informed that Dantewada police recovered IED between Kateklyan and Dantewada where as Narayanpur police recovered two powerful IEDs weighing 20 and 25 kg from Kuknar-Narayanpur road and defused them.
On November 10 also while the polling teams reached polling booths, several IEDs were recovered by the accompanying security forces.
The Maoists also triggered a blast in Rajnandgaon district whereas Dantewada police recovered IED of 35 kg at Mangnar Road in Mad area located on the other side of Indrawati river. On Sunday itself, Kanker police recovered 5 IEDs near Gurabeda.
Bijapur police also achieved major success in detecting nearly 400 spikes in Pushnar area under Gangalur thana. These dangerous spikes were hidden by Maoists to inflict maximum injury to security forces looking after the polls.
On the other hand, villagers of Jangampal in Kuknar thana of Sukma district even challenged the Maoists and forced them to remove from a school where voting is scheduled to be held on Monday and told the Maoists about their resolve to participate in the voting.