C'garh: 2 Naxal IEDs unearthed in Dantewada

The IEDs, each weighing 5 kilograms, were unearthed from beneath a road between Dhanikarka and Surnaar villages under Kuakonda police station limits, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI. "Acting on specific inputs provided by villagers, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the state's anti- Naxal force, launched an operation on the route that goes through dense forest. During this operation, the team detected the two IEDs, which were then deactivated," the SP informed.

A day after a Naxal IED blast killed a CoBRA officer and injured nine commandos in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, security forces uncovered two such devices planted by ultras in Dantewada on Sunday, an official said. The IEDs, each weighing 5 kilograms, were unearthed from beneath a road between Dhanikarka and Surnaar villages under Kuakonda police station limits, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI.

"Acting on specific inputs provided by villagers, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the state's anti- Naxal force, launched an operation on the route that goes through dense forest. During this operation, the team detected the two IEDs, which were then deactivated," the SP informed. PTI TKP BNM BNM