India News | Bijapur: CRPF Recovers 3 IEDs on a Day 26 Naxals Killed
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The CRPF on Thursday recovered three "powerful" IEDs planted by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, on a day when 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in this district.
Raipur, Mar 20 (PTI) The CRPF on Thursday recovered three "powerful" IEDs planted by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, on a day when 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in this district.
The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered from Palnar (Gangloor Police Station), Kurcholi, and Bhimaram, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer said.
The troops were out on these routes for a routine "area domination" and anti-Naxal operations.
Each IED weighed about 1.5 kg and was packed with shrapnel and glass shards, the officer said.
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A joint operation by various units of Chhattisgarh Police and the CoBRA commando unit of the CRPF undertook a major operation in Bijapur and in Kanker district, killing at least 30 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) on Thursday.
Twenty-six Maoists were killed along the Bijapur-Dantewada distrcit border in the Gangloor Police Station area of Bijapur, while the rest were neutralised in Kanker.
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