IED event in Jharkhand, West Singhbhum area, India on Mon 9th August 2021

In an operation jointly conducted by the Jharkhand Police and central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), five Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), have been recovered from a forest area in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on August 9, reports Outlook. A Police statement said, the IEDs were planted targeting the forces associated with anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation. Acting on a tip-off, the District Armed Police and CRPF 60 battalion personnel launched a massive search operation and recovered the explosives, each weighing two kilograms, planted in the forest near Surbura Jharjhara New Market, the release said. The explosives have been defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of CRPF on the spot, the release said, claiming the explosives were planted to target security personnel on anti-Naxal operations.