IED event in Bihar, Madanpur, Aurangabad District area, India on Sun 25th January 2026

A team of Aurangabad Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) carried out an anti- Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operation and recovered a huge cache of ammunition and explosive materials from a forest area under Madanpur Police Station limits in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 25, reports The Times of India. Acting on intelligence inputs, the team launched a search operation near Gobardah Hill. During the operation, Security Forces (SFs) recovered materials allegedly hidden by Maoists, including 44 live cartridges, 32 empty shells, 25 metres of codex wire, 29 commercial detonators, one can of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) fitted with a detonator, a pressure mechanism with two metres of wire, and a 9-volt battery. Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP), Ambrish Rahul, said the recovered IED and detonators were safely neutralised at the spot, and added that an FIR was registered in connection with the seizure with Madanpur Police Station.