Security Forces Foil Naxalite IED Plot in Chhattisgarh Forest

In Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, security personnel recovered six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites. The police bomb squad neutralized the IEDs, averting a major tragedy. The explosives were hidden in pressure cookers beneath the earth in Madgaon forest. Naxalites often target security forces during anti-Naxal operations in such areas.

Security personnel have successfully recovered six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, authorities revealed on Friday.

A district police team on routine patrol discovered the IEDs in Madgaon forest near Dhanora police station limits on Thursday. The devices, concealed in pressure cookers and buried underground, included three IEDs weighing 4 kg each and another set of three weighing 3 kg each, according to Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Anil Vishwakarma.

Vishwakarma confirmed that the police bomb disposal squad safely neutralized the explosives, preventing a potential catastrophe. Naxalites frequently use such tactics to target security personnel during anti-Naxal operations across the Bastar division, which includes Kondagaon among its seven districts.

(With inputs from agencies.)