Security forces averted a major blast by detecting and defusing around 18 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) suspected to have been laid by ultras of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Singhbhum district.
Security personnel detected and defused IEDs under Porahat forest area, Goilkera Police Station of West Singhbhum district.
During a search operation, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel detected the IEDs laid on a road in a forested region in Goilkera police station area.“The area Naxal infested area where security forces are involved in Long Range Patrolling. The IEDs were laid to inflict casualties on the security personnel. We immediately pressed a bomb disposal squad to defuse the explosives,” said a police official.He went on to inform that soon after the incident, the police and paramilitary forces started frisking commuters in the bordering areas.
At some places common people are also being interrogated by police and paramilitary forces on suspicion. Forces have been deployed in strategic locations. “We have alerted our forces involved in flushing out the ultras. Security has been beefed up in the area and they were keeping strict vigil on movement of the Naxlites. There has been a substantial increase in Maoist activities in West Singhbhum.