IED event in Jharkand, Latehar District area, India on Mon 16th August 2021

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has averted possible harm to Security Forces (SFs) and civilians by detecting two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) weighing about five kilograms each concealed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Latehar District of Jharkhand on August 16, reports devdiscourse.com. "The detected IEDs were demolished in situ, said the CRPF in a statement, adding the explosives were detected on Monday near village Jharghar and Pipratanr in Latehar. On getting information that Maoists have planted IEDs between village Jharghar and Pipratanr, the CRPF statement mentioned, an operation was launched on Monday by the troops of the 11th CRPF Battalion to detect the IEDs and "avert any harm to security Forces and civilians".