Powerful IED planted by Naxals seized in Sukma

Raipur, Aug 30 (PTI) A powerful IED planted by Naxalswas today recovered near an under-construction culvert inChhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED), weighing about10 kg, was unearthed by a team of CRPF’s 217 battalionunder Maraiguda police station limits when they werepatrolling to ensure security to the under-constructionMaraiguda-Golapalli road, a CRPF official told PTI. Security forces had launched the operation from Maraigudatowards Golapalli, located around 450 km from the statecapital Raipur, late this morning. At around 11.45 AM, they spotted the explosive placedin a steel container hidden on a side of the road just aheadof the under-construction culvert on a rivulet, about four kmaway from Maraiguda, he said. The explosive was immediately destroyed by the bombdisposal squad at the spot, he said. It was meant to harm the security personnel during theiroperations in the area, he added. PTI TKP GKAQSSSB