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Chhattisgarh : 5 IEDs planted by naxals recovered

PTI | By, Raipur
May 22, 2014 04:39 PM IST

Five improvised explosive devices(IEDs), suspected to have planted by Naxals to harm security personnel during just-held parliamentary polls, were recovered on Thursday in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

Five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suspected to have planted by Naxals to harm security personnel during just-held parliamentary polls, were recovered on Thursday in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

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The joint team of security personnel found five IEDs - four of 5 kgs each and a 15 kg one stealthily placed beneath Chhingnar-Muusalnar road under Geedam police station limits, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Narendra Khare told PTI.

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A team of 195 battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district force was mobilised in the restive Geedam region after getting a tip-off about the explosives being planted in the Chhingnar area, the SP said.

When they reached near the place they spotted five IEDs packed in steel containers averting a major mishap, he said.

Besides, a 50-meter wire was also recovered from the spot. Prima facie it appears that the explosives were allegedly planted by rebels to target the security personnel during last month polling in the region.

However, security personnel strictly followed the standard operating procedure (SOP) while moving through this route foiling the evil design of ultras, he said.

The IED was immediately destroyed by the bomb disposal squad, the SP added.

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