Hazaribagh police have foiled an attempt of banned left ultra outfit by recovering and defusing two powerful bombs planted below a bridge situated in Keredari block of the district. Which group has planted these bombs is not yet clear but police has claimed that soon they will trace out the culprits.
DSP Barkagaon Pradeep Pal Kacchap said, “We have got an information that the left ultras have planted bombs at some point in the busy Keredari-Bundu road. After getting this information we started search operation in the entire area. Out main thrust was on the big and small bridges of this road. We first searched below the longest bridge built on Gerua river situated on this path.”
No bomb was found below that bridge than they moved towards the Thunthuniya forest area through which the road passes. “Finally we recovered a cylinder bomb and a cane bomb of 10kg from below a small bridge on the road in this forest area. After recovering the bombs we informed about it to SP Bheemsen Tuti,” he added.
After sometimes the bomb diffusal squad from Hazaribagh led by DSP Sanjay Rana arrived and in the evening the team successfully destroyed the bombs in the forest area.
The Keredari-Bundu road is an important road of the district through which coal loaded trucks of different collieries of CCl passes daily. The road is also used by the vehicles of NTPC which is constructing a super thermal power plant in adjoining Tandwa block of Chatra district.