Security forces recovered a powerful Tiffin bomb from the Kondagoan-Narayanpur main road in the Naxal-hit Bastar division here on Friday.
A joint team of security personnel recovered the explosive, planted by Naxals, near Chheribeda village coming under Benoor Police Station limits of Narayanpur district, a senior police official said.
A joint road opening party of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and District Force was patrolling to clear the road which connects Kondagaon and Narayanpur district headquarters in the view of Narayanpur visit of Dinesh Kashyap, a BJP Member of Parliament from Bastar constituency, he said.
Meanwhile, security forces spotted a wire connection ahead of a bridge on a rivulet close to Chheribeda village and later discovered the Improvised Explosive Device (IED), he said.
The explosive, weighed about 8-10 kgs and was placed beneath the earth in a steel container on one side of the road, the official said adding that it was immediately defused by the bomb disposal squad at the spot.