IED

IED event in Odisha, Kandhamal District area, India on Fri 1st September 2023

1st September 2023

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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a combing operation suspectedly planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to target the BSF personnel in Taksipadar Forest under Phiringia Police limits in Kandhamal District of Odisha on September 1, reports odishatv.in. The IED was assembled using a 2-litre steel tiffin box, 50-gramme gelatin sticks, a six-volt battery, adhesive tapes, and 20 metres of flexible wire. Following that, a bomb squad was called in, which carefully defused the explosive.

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Odisha ( Kandhamal District area )

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