IED event in Chhattisgarh, Gufa, Dantewada District area, India on Tue 27th January 2026

Security Forces (SFs) recovered and neutralised two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the forest hills near Gufa village under Barsur Police Station limits in Dantewada District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on January 27, reports IBT News. During the search in the dense forest terrain around Gufa village, the teams located a hidden Maoist explosive dump. The recovered items included one directional pipe bomb fitted with a detonator, weighing around 5 kilograms, and one pressure cooker improvised explosive device weighing approximately five kilograms, attached to 15 meters of wire. Both devices were immediately taken to a safe location and destroyed by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in accordance with standard operating procedures, eliminating any risk they posed to security personnel and local civilians.