Two IEDs recovered during anti-Maoist operation

Two powerful explosives were recovered during a joint an anti-Maoist operation in Chengde village under Rania police station of Khunti district today, the police said.
The Improvised Explosive Devices planted to target the security personnel were recovered when the CRPF and District Armed Police were on a routine combing operation in the extremist hit pockets of the district, said Superintendent of Police, Anish Gupta.
Gupta said one IED weighed 100 kg and the other was of 50 kg.
Later, the Bomb Disposal Squad defused the explosives in the jungle, he added.