IEDs defused, arms and ammunition seized in Jharkhand

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Security personnel on Thursday defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and seized arms and ammunition in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team comprising personnel of CRPF and Jharkhand Police detected two IEDs, weighing 15 kg and 3 kg, set up by Maoists in Diku Ponga village in Chotanagra police station area, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said, adding bomb squad defused the explosives.

The law enforcers also busted a Maoist arms dump in Jhimirekir village in Tonto police station area and seized a pistol with magazine, seven explosives, five electronic detonators, 250 detonators, 10 car remotes, seven plastic containers with explosives, 35 steel tiffin boxes and a bundle of cordex wire, he said.