Jamshedpur: Days after six deadly landmines were recovered, a powerful can bomb weighing 30 kg and some other explosives meant for targeting patrolling security men, were recovered on Wednesday from Saranda forests.
The explosives were recovered during a joint search operation by police and para military forces in Gundijoda village under Chotanagra police station of West Singhbhum district, Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said that acting on a tip off the forces recovered 30 detonators, 10 kg of gelatin and 100 meter long wire from the spot adding that massive search operation in the adjoining areas of Jambaiburu and Thalkobad was still on.“We cannot reveal on the status of the operation due to security reasons but yes we interrogating them to dig out further links,” said a district police official. He said that the forces are targeting the different areas under the Saranda forest.
Police said that the 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 this area. We are not much concerned about small acts of violence because these activities can be controlled by us, but the bigger attacks are worrisome,” said a security official.