IEDs, arms and ammunition seized in Jharkhand

Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and arms and ammunition were seized in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Friday, a CRPF official said.

Acting on a tip-off, a search operation was undertaken in Bere forest in Chipadohar area, around 160 km from Ranchi, and two IEDs weighing 7 kg each and one IED of 2.5 kg weight were unearthed, CRPF commandant P K Sahu said.

Also, a country-made gun and 35 cartridges were found, he said, adding the IEDs were defused.

He claimed the explosives and arms and ammunition were buried in the ground by the Maoists.