Chaibasa: Security forces Sunday recovered 14 IEDs planted by Maoists from the forest area on the border of West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan districts in Jharkhand, police said.
West Singhbhum SP Rakesh Ranjan said he had received an intelligence input that explosives in large quantities were planted in a forest area on the border of the Toklo police station area in West Singhbhum and the Kuchai police station area in Seraikela-Kharswan to disrupt the ongoing anti-Naxal operation.
A joint team was formed with personnel of CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and armed police of the two districts, he said.
During the operation, security personnel recovered 14 IEDs, each weighing 2 kgs, from the forest, he added.
They have also recovered a country-made hand grenade, ammonium nitrate powder, and a steel container.
All the explosives were defused by the bomb disposal squad on the spot, the SP said.
PTI
