The police on Sunday detected and defused two bombs planted by the Maoists in Pratappur of insurgency-hit Kanker. The bombs were defused by a bomb disposal squad, informed District Superintendent of Police,RN Das.
Notably, the second phase of the lok Sabha polls are scheduled in the Kanker lok Sabha constituency on April 17. According to the SP, a joint police party consisting of BSF and district police personnel had started the search operation from Partappur police station.During the search, they got inputs about the presence of some suspicious objects on the way leading to Pratappur from Sangam area on the bank of river Kotri.
The police party reached the spot and found two bombs planted by the Naxals. The bomb disposal squad was summoned and the bombs, each weighing 5 kg, were defused.
land mines are one of the biggest challenges for security forces in Bastar region which has been battling the Naxal problem for the past two decades. On April 12, 14 people, including members of polling parties and the CRPF, lost their lives in two blasts triggered by the Maoists at Darbha in Jagdalpur district and Kutru-Kotulnar in Bijapur district.