Tag: Ied

When asked if the arms and ammunition they were transporting were dropped in the fields in Ferozepur in Punjab using a drone from Pakistan, the DGP said, "That is what they have told, but these details we need to verify and establish the veracity of these facts".

Calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic on Thursday. In view of the gravity of the situation, Delhi Police has also summoned National Security Guard personnel to the spot.

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found concealed in an unattended bag in the Ghazipur Flower Market area of the national capital on Friday morning, triggering panic among the people.

Acting on specific information Pulwama Police along with 50 RR & 183 BN CRPF found an IED of approx. 5kg assembled in a container planted on Newa Srinagar road.

Rayagada: A Belgian shepherd of the CRPF dog squad, injured during disposal of an improvised explosive device (IED) near Hatamunigada in the district on November 3, will be taken to Chennai for better treatment. The four-year-old sniffer dog sustained injuries in upper part of right eye and head. Informing newsmen about the decision, MK Sharma, […]

Bhubaneswar: Security forces today apprehended three suspected Naxals and recovered 20kg of improvised bombs in two separate incidents in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of Odisha. The three suspected Maoists were held by a patrol squad of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force from Patrapalli area under Bisra police station area of Sundergarh district. The suspects have […]

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Just a day ahead of polling here, Maoists on Wednesday carried out an attack on a CRPF contingent being deployed for election duty, injuring two Sub-inspectors, official sources said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Maoists occurred at around 4 p.m. in Gatta village in Etapalli tehsil through which a […]

Raipur: A Maoist was killed in an encounter on Thursday in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh after the extremists attacked security personnel deployed for helipad sanitization duty, officials said. The Maoists triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast followed by firing on the security personnel on Orccha area of Narayanpur, the officials said. In the retaliatory […]

Srinagar: Nine soldiers suffered minor injuries after militants attacked an army vehicle with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, officials said. “A failed attempt was made to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 Rashtriya Rifles with a vehicle-based IED while the army patrol was moving in the […]

Bijapur: Two CRPF personnel died and another was injured in an encounter with naxals, while a girl was killed after being caught in the crossfire, in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, police said. The gun-battle took place around 11 am close to a culvert near Keshkutul village when a team of the CRPF’s 199th battalion […]

Ranchi: Five improvised explosive devices (IED) which were hidden by Maoists were recovered in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said on Tuesday, adding that the search is ongoing to find more explosives. The five IEDs, each weighing five kilograms, were recovered from Jamundih village after the villagers informed the police. The search operation was launched on […]

Rajnandgaon: A specially-trained sniffer dog engaged in the bomb disposal squad of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) saved many lives on Sunday by successfully detecting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Maoists on an under-construction road in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district. The dog named Sophia, also known as ‘Shiksha’, saved lives of her colleagues […]

Nuapada: A major tragedy was averted thanks to alertness and swift action by CRPF jawans who diffused a landmine weighing 5.5 kilograms in Nuapada district on Friday. The landmine was supposedly planted by Maoists near Cherchuan checkgate under Sunabeda sanctuary. CRPF officials said that the place where the landmine was planted is the single road […]