Security forces on Tuesday recovered a powerful 40-kg improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Maoists, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, officials said. A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 159th battalion and district police unearthed the explosive along the Fulbagdi-Badeshetti road, they said.
“The explosive was planted to target security forces. It was safely neutralised by the security forces,” a police official said, adding that a major tragedy was averted with the IED recovery.
