Two pipe bombs planted by Naxals in the insurgency infested Kondagaon district were detected and defused by a joint squad of District Force (DF) and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The pipe bombs weighing around 10 kg each were recovered by security personnel near an under construction bridge on river Bhawardihi, situated near Ranapal Base Camp, Kondagaon Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Meena informed.
‘We had received inputs that Naxals had planted bombs to hurt security personnel. Accordingly, a joint team of security personnel was mobilised toward the spot. While undertaking intense search and de-mining work, security personnel recovered the pipe bombs connected with detonators and wires. later, the bombs were destroyed by BDS experts’ he said. Security personnel have urged villagers to immediately alert security personnel if they spot suspected and unclaimed items fitted with wires in places around them.