India: Five IEDs fitted with arrows seized during search by security forces in Jharkhand


Five IEDs fitted with arrows were seized during a search operation by security personnel on Monday after naxals fired at the under-construction Bharnia police camp in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said.

The B company of 157th battalion of CRPF, who are stationed at the place, retaliated by hurling para bombs on Sunday night and none of its personnel was either injured or killed, a police release said.

Security personnel drawn from the district armed police, CRPF and bomb disposal squad of Jharkhand Jaguar carried out the massive search operation in the naxal-affected areas and recovered three live arrow bombs and two used arrow bombs, besides some empty cartridges from the spot, it said.

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Source: The Print