Raipur: Security personnel today unearthed
65 kg of landmine from two separate places in Chhattisgarh's
Naxal-hit Dantewada district.
"A joint patrol team of police and CRPF jawans recovered
50 kg of explosives along national highway stretch between
Gorkha and Bheji areas," SP Amresh Mishra said.
Acting on a tip-off, the security forces unearthed 15 kg
of landmine along the highway stretch between Chintalnar and
Mukran, he said, adding that efforts are on to defuse the
landmine.
Earlier on May 10, police had unearthed 75 kg of landmine
from two places in the district.
On April 6, Maoists killed 75 CRPF men and a state
policeman in Chintalnar forest in the district.
-PTI
First Published: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 00:52