The Giridih police along with the 154 battalion of CRPF on Saturday evening foiled an attempt to landmine blast near Tesaphuli village under the Nimiaghat Police Station by the extremists, said Kuldip Dwivedi, while addressing the media here.
Giridih SP Kuldip Dwivedi, while confirming the incident, said a death trap was laid by squid of CPI(Maoist )rebels on Saturday evening at around 7pm. However, local Nimiaghat, Dumari police and their accomplices CRPF managed to escape.
A big crater has been formed at the site of the blast. Deiwedi said a joint operation by Giridih police has been launched to flush out the Naxals from the area.
Giridih SP Kuldip Dwivedi said timely intervention by the police helped to evade a major tension to the area.
Confirming the incident, police sources said in the evening Nimiaghat, Dumari police along with 154 battalion of CRPF went for lRP in Tesaphuli village near Madhuwan area of Parasnath, which are highly affected left wing extremists’ areas.
Police sources said that lRP is done on foot and not on vehicles. Here also, the police party was returning from lRP on . The areas where the police team were doing lRP is 15 kilometers away in the dense hilly and forest region, from the Matobera-Madhuban road near Tesaphuli village. Officer-in charge of Nimiaghat, RK Rana was leading the forces.
Police sources said after walking some distance, the police called their vehicle near Tesaphuli village, nearly 1 km away from the spot. As they were returning from there in their vehicle a series of landmines blasted near a culvert. There is no confirmation regarding any causality or injury to from either side.
The Giridih police also recovered and defused 41 IED at site where the incident took place. The explosives were laid by CPI(Maoist) activists targeting the Giridih police team in the area.