Security forces on Tuesday recovered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxals in insurgency-hit Kanker district, a senior police official said.
The IED, weighing 10 kg, was recovered during a search operation undertaken by a joint team of security forces in Badgaon police station limits, Kanker District Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jaiprakash Badhai informed.
A squad of Border Security Force (BSF) and district force was carrying out a joint operation in the interiors of Badgaon, when it received inputs about the explosive being planted in the area, ASP Badhai further said.
later, security forces spotted the IED on a hilly track near Masoor village, he added.
The explosive was planted to harm security personnel who had used the same track while patrolling in the region, the ASP said, adding that it was immediately destroyed by the bomb disposal squad (BDS).