Korba (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel on Friday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 5 kg in a joint search operation near Korba jungle here in Bubhanbhat.

The recovery was made by the 40th Battalion of ITBP and it was safely neutralised by the troops.

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Last month, the ITBP battalion recovered a pressure cooker IED near a bridge on a road between Hathijhola and Samudpani in Rajnandgaon District. (ANI)

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