Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Chhattisgarh, Pusnar in Bijapur District area, India on Sun 18th June 2023

Security Forces (SFs) arrested three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Ramesh Punem (28), Bhima Punem (21) and Sukku Dhruva (38), all members of Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), a frontal wing of Maoists, in the area, and seized explosives, including a tiffin bomb, from them near their village Pusnar under Gangaloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on June 18, reports The Indian Express. Those arrested were tasked with planting explosives and putting Maoist posters and banners in the area, the Police said. During interrogation, the arrested trio told the security personnel of their link with the CPI-Maoist, an official said, adding that a tiffin bomb, gelatin rods, safety fuse, electric wire, Maoist literature and pamphlets were recovered from their possession.