The Bokaro police and the 26th battalion of the CRPF on Tuesday recovered a powerful cane-bomb planted on a railway track near Dumari-Bihar railway station under the Gomia police station of the district. The cane-bomb was detected and defused by an anti-bomb squad.
According to Bokaro Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Singh, the police got the information about the cane bomb on the railway track near pole no -50/6 at Dumari-Bihar railway station about 4 kms away from the Gomia railway station here on Tuesday afternoon at 12 pm
A police team led by officer in charge of Gomia police station BK Ram and CRPF inspector Akhatar Singh were sent to the spot with other police forces. The 5 kg cane-bomb was unearthed by the team successfully saving the lives of many passangers as several trains pass everyday on the railway track, the SP said, adding that raids are on to arrest the Maoists.
The team recovered the cane-bomb from the extreme Naxal affected area of Gomia block in Bermo sub-division. The expert team of Hazaribagh police on Tuesday diffused the bomb in presence of top police officials. Deputy SP Manoj Kumar Rai said, “We have got information that the left ultras are planted to disturb the areas and preparations are going on to create panic.”