Security forces defuse 14 IEDs in W S'bhum
Jamshedpur: Security forces busted an ammunition dump of the Maoists in Chitpil forest range under Toklo police station limits in West Singhbhum district on Tuesday. The police on Wednesday said 14 IEDs were recovered and diffused during the operation.
The recoveries were made during a combing and search operation in the border areas of Chaibasa and Seraikela. The IEDs had been planted to target security forces, the police said.
As much as 52 kg of ammonium nitrate, which is used to make explosives, was recovered from the dump, the police said in a statement on Wednesday. Security forces have, for the past one year carrying out operations in West Singhbhum and Seraikela to flush out the Maoists. The IEDs have killed several security personnel and locals in the past few months.
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