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IED event in Chhattisgarh, Phundri village in Bijapur District area, India on Thu 12th May 2022

12th May 2022

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Security Forces (SFs) destroyed two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), averting a threat to the lives of Police Forces in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on May 12, reports Telangana Today. During a combing operation, a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 165th Battalion and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel spotted the IEDs of five kilograms planted on a road leading to Bangoli at Phundri village near an under-construction bridge coming up over the Indravati River under Nelasnar Police Station limits to target the SFs. Later on, a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) destroyed the IEDs safely by blasting them in an abandoned area.

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