Powerful IED recovered by security forces in Chhatisgarh

Security forces on Tuesday averted a major mishap by recovering a powerful IED (improvised explosive device), allegedly planted by naxals, in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said.

The IED, weighing 10 kg, was recovered during a search operation undertaken by a joint team of security forces in Badgaon police station limits, Kanker Additional Superintendent of Police Jaiprakash Badhai said. The explosive was planted to harm security personnel who had used the same track.