A joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Force (DF) recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) while undertaking de-mining operation in Maoist hotbed Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday.
Following a tip-off about IEDs planted by insurgents, security personnel launched a de-mining exercise and recovered two IEDs from a restive area falling under limits of Fulbagdi police station, said police, adding that of two IEDs recovered, one was weighing around 10 kg.
The IEDs packed in a steel container was placed by rebels beneath a road surface to hurt security personnel who frequently carry out combing and other anti-Naxal exercises in the region, added police.
With the help of experts from Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), the recovered IEDs were destroyed at the spot, police said.
It may be recalled that a constable of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) on October 29 succumbed to injuries which he suffered in an IED blast in Bijapur. In another incident, three personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a blast triggered by rebels in insurgency-hit Sukma district on October 28.
Similarly, two troopers of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)-a specialized unit of CRPF were injured in an IED blast in Bijapur district on October 19.
Two constables of CRPF suffered multiple injuries in a blast in Bijapur district on October 10.
likewise, a CoBRA trooper was injured in an IED blast in Sukma on October 8.