Fifty IEDs belonging to CPI Maoists have been detected in the forest of Serandaag under latehar district's Herhunj police station. Each weighed one kilogram. These are being neutralised.
DIG police Palamu Saket K Singh has confirmed this. DIG added it was CobRa on Wednesday in this area scouring had found one IED leading to our suspicion that there could be many more and on Thursday it came true when a joint team of DAP latehar, CRPF and Jaguar searched the forest and found 50 IEDs in series. DIG added bomb disposal squad of Jaguar had reached Herhunj to neutralise it.
Sarwanji' dasta of Maoists has this deadly device.
DIG further said on Wednesday CobRa was in Herhunj and the sight of this elite force gives pain in the neck of the Maoists who left the place leaving behind one IED which CobRa got and neutralised.
Sources said DIG Saket always tries to push forward the brand of security forces in operation like this only to boost the morale of the security forces high.
The August haul of IEDs has reached 450 mark the biggest, the highest and the safest haul with no loss of any cop or cattle of any villager during its neutralization as security forces destroy these iEDs in its ‘In Situ’ position.