Chhattisgarh: CRPF team defuses pressure cooker IED

A team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered a 3-kilogram pressure cooker Improvised explosive device (IED) bomb on Barsur-Narayanpur road on Monday.

A team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered a 3-kilogram pressure cooker Improvised explosive device (IED) bomb on Barsur-Narayanpur road on Monday. Jawans of the 195 Battalion of the CRPF defused the IED bomb on the spot, which they had found during a search operation.

Road construction work is going on in the Barsur-Narayanpur road. A couple of days ago, two labours were injured in the explosion caused by a similar IED which was planted by the Naxals in the Mardum police station jurisdiction of the Bastar district. (ANI)