Bijapur CRPF recovers 3 IEDs on a day 26 Naxals killed

Raipur, Mar 20 (PTI) The CRPF on Thursday recovered three "powerful" IEDs planted by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, on a day when 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in this district.
     The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered from Palnar (Gangloor Police Station), Kurcholi, and Bhimaram, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer said.
     The troops were out on these routes for a routine "area domination" and anti-Naxal operations.
     Each IED weighed about 1.5 kg and was packed with shrapnel and glass shards, the officer said.
     A joint operation by various units of Chhattisgarh Police and the CoBRA commando unit of the CRPF undertook a major operation in Bijapur and in Kanker district, killing at least 30 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) on Thursday.
     Twenty-six Maoists were killed along the Bijapur-Dantewada distrcit border in the Gangloor Police Station area of Bijapur, while the rest were neutralised in Kanker.

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