A team of security personnel on Monday unearthed as many as three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in worst insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
According to the police, a team of Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) while undertaking area domination exercise recovered three IEDs from Kottacheru-Bhejji road falling under limits of Behjji police station limits. The IEDs were packed in steel containers and placed beneath the road by rebels with the intention to hurt security personnel undertaking anti-Naxal operation in the region on a regular basis.
Out of the three IEDs recovered by security personnel, one was weighing around 8 kg while other two were 5 kg each, informed police. After spotting IEDs planted by insurgents, security personnel immediately defused them at the spot with the help of experts from Bomb Disposal Squad, added police.