Four live IEDs found in Jharkhand during combing operations
IEDs, weighing 5 kg each, were defused by the bomb disposal squad on the spot : Jharkhand police
New Delhi, August 27
Four powerful IEDs were found during an anti-Naxal operation in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
The Jharkhand police said that the seizure was made during a combing operation launched jointly by CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police in naxalism-affected forest areas near villages such as Jimki Ekir, Murumbura and Hussipi.
The police informed that IEDs, weighing 5 kg each, were defused by the bomb disposal squad on the spot, while the combing operations were underway for several hours.
The IEDs were planted by Maoists to target security forces, police added.
