The security forces on Tuesday discovered a detonating wire at Bodapath village under Shyamsundarpur police station area in Naxal-infested Ghatshila sub-division.
Sensing the threat involved in the incident, the police have requisite for a bomb disposal squad to be rushed from Ranchi. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Ghatshila, Sanjiv Kumar Besra said that some villagers informed them about the recovery.
“We are keeping a strict vigil in the area. Soon after the villager had informed the local police, the officer-in-charge of Shyamsundarpur police station Mukesh Chowdhury had visited the spot. It was a 300 metre long wire buried carefully under the earth. After initial investigation we made it clear that the wire was linked to a place upto the concrete road. The laying of detonating wire must have been laid by CPI-Maoist rebels who are still active in the area,” said Besra.
Besra said after getting it sure that a bomb was planted at the concrete road, they informed the senior SP, Anoop T Mathew who requested the bomb disposal squad in Ranchi to come to the spot for defusing the explosive.
The bomb disposal squad has already left Ranchi and is expected to reach Jamshedpur by the evening. Besra said as the place surrounding the spot where bomb is planted pose a danger, they have cordoned off the area and no one is allowed to pass through the road. Sources informed that the ultras belonging to the banned out fit CPI (Maoist) have been active in the Ghatshila subdivision that comprises of areas like Dumaria, Musaboni, Chakulia, Bahragora and Ghatshila. Sources informed that the police have decided to ensure strict vigil and deploy additional security forces in the fringe areas.