Jamshedpur, Sept. 4: Security forces averted a major blast by detecting and defusing around 18 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) suspected to have been laid by ultras of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Singhbhum district.
Security personnel detected and defused IEDs under Porahat forest area, Goilkera Police Station of West Singhbhum district.
During a search operation, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel detected the IEDs laid on a road in a forested region in Goilkera police station area.
�The area Naxal infested area where security forces are involved in Long Range Patrolling. The IEDs were laid to inflict casualties on the security personnel. We immediately pressed a bomb disposal squad to defuse the explosives,� said a police official.
He went on to inform that soon after the incident, the police and paramilitary forces started frisking commuters in the bordering areas. At some places common people are also being interrogated by police and paramilitary forces on suspicion. Forces have been deployed in strategic locations.
� We have alerted our forces involved in flushing out the ultras. Security has been beefed up in the area and they were keeping strict vigil on movement of the Naxlites. There has been a substantial increase in Maoist activities in West Singhbhum. We are not much concerned about small acts of violence because these activities can be controlled by us, but the bigger attacks are worrisome,� said a security official.
The administration has increased police patrolling on the bordering areas connecting to West Bengal and has also deployed adequate numbers of paramilitary personnel on areas potential to rebel attack. � Every effort will be made to maintain law and order and to ensure security of the people. This time all security forces have also been alerted to remain vigilant, particularly against IEDs and landmines,” said another official.
Sources informed that the mobility of the police has prevented the extremists from carrying out any violent activity in past few days in the entire Kolhan. All the police stations in the three districts of the division including East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela Kharswan have been asked to beef up the security and keep a vigil at the bordering areas.
