IED event in Chhattisgarh, Bhatbeda, Narayanpur District area, India on Mon 5th October 2026

On October 5, Security Forces (SFs) recovered and destroyed seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including six pressure-cooker IEDs and one pipe-bomb IED suspected to have been hidden by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), during a search operation in the Bhatbeda area of Narayanpur District, Chhattisgarh, reports ETV Bharat. The joint team comprising Narayanpur Police and the 29th Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) launched the operation in the Maksoli, Bhatbeda and Rainar areas. The team also recovered materials allegedly used for manufacturing IEDs, including a multimeter, screwdriver, soldering wire, soldering iron and three vehicle-opening keys. After suspicious objects were detected, SFs secured the area and summoned a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), which destroyed the recovered IEDs and other explosive material at the site. Narayanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Sandeep Kumar Patel, 29th Battalion ITBP Commandant Abhishek Sood and Additional SP (Operations) Akshay Sabadram supervised the operation. According to Police, the search was conducted to strengthen security arrangements and ensure public safety in the area.