The 20-kg IED was unearthed byajoint team of the CRPF's 168th battalion and the local police from Tarrem village forest under Basaguda police station limits, a senior police official told PTI.
"When security forces were carrying out patrolling in the area they spotted the pressure IED hidden beneath the earth near an under-construction bridge," he said, adding that the bomb disposal squad immediately destroyed the explosive.
The bridge is part of the under-construction Basaguda- (Bijapur) Jagargunda (Sukma) road.
Maoists plant IEDsto target security forces during their operations in the region, the official added.
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