12 IEDs found, defused at Gadchiroli Red zone
12 IEDs found, defused at Gadchiroli Red zone
NAGPUR: To stave off People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army fighters, Maharashtra commandos laid siege for 60 days to an area around a densely forested hillock in Maoist-hit Gadchiroli, waited for intelligence inputs for over a fortnight, and finally combed the place on Monday to unearth a mammoth explosive dump meant for blowing up poll parties and security forces.
Twelve IEDs – six pressure cooker bombs, three ready-to-blast claymore mines and three unassembled mines – were recovered from the hillock, 4km from Chhattisgarh border.
Gadchiroli went to polls on April 19 with security forces maintaining a stranglehold around Maoists, who failed to disrupt voting. On Monday, search teams comprising bomb disposal squads, C-60 commandos and CRPF’s quick action team defused the IEDs. Gunpowder, medicines, empty mine pipes and personal belongings of the guerrillas were also recovered.
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