Police and paramilitary forces recovered five can bombs from Jojodgara jungle under Keraikela police station area in West Singhbhum district on Thursday. The can bombs, each weighing five kgs, had been buried in the earth along a mud road.
The police said the detection of the IEDs was made during a search operation at the jungle. The police later detonated all the five IEDs by pressing a bomb disposal squad in the afternoon.
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.
“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.
