IED event in Bihar, Lutua in Gaya District area, India on Wed 30th August 2023

Security Forces (SFs) comprising the Bihar Police, Special Task Force (STF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 159th battalion, and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) 205th battalion seized 13,800 detonators, three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), and other weapons during raids on alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideouts in the Pandara Hills area under Lutua Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar on August 30, reports The Telegraph. "We received an alert that the Maoists have hidden arms and ammunition in large quantities in the Pandara Hills area for some big destructive and violent incidents." Accordingly, a joint raiding team was constituted and dispatched," Gaya Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ashish Bharti said. One section of the raiding team recovered a.303 rifle and 100 bullets in 7.62mm. It also chanced on three IEDs in a valley among the hills. The personnel destroyed the explosive devices on the spot. "The security forces chanced on two interconnected caves in the hills. They discovered five plastic sacks and a backpack while searching the caves. The sacks yielded 13,800 detonators, cordex wire (a kind of detonating cord), explosives, a black uniform, two basic phones, and two walkie-talkie sets," Bharti said.