Security personnel have recovered 59 can bombs and a powerful IED from Naxal-affected Latehar and Khunti districts, the police said.
The can bombs, each weighing half-a-kg, were recovered today from under the ground Serendaag jungles in Latehar district by personnel of CRPF and District Armed Police force.
The 40-kg improvised explosive device (IED) was found from near Jerko Musanga area of Khunti district last evening during search operation.
These recoveries were made during the on-going anti-Naxal operation being carried out for the past 20-25 days, Latehar Superintendent of Police Anup Birtheray said.
Birtheray visited the spot where the can bombs were found and directed bomb disposal squad to defuse the bombs.
The IED has been defused by bomb disposal squad of CRPF, police said.
Birtheray said during the anti-Naxal operation so far, security personnel have seized around 200 IEDs, huge quantity of ammunition of different bores, Naxal literature and other articles.
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The seizure comes a day after police and CRPF personnel seized a tractor-full of grains and other food materials being transported to Maoists at Budha Pahar in the district.
The tractor was being driven by its owner Amar Dayal Yadav, who along with five others, were arrested, the SP said.
The Maoists had planned a meeting in November there.
