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Police foil attempt to blow off culvert
Karimnagar, Oct 06: With the recovery of two claymore mines under a culvert, police have foiled an attempt by PWG militants to blow off a bridge on the Karimnagar-Hyderabad state highway near here.
Karimnagar, Oct 06: With the recovery of two claymore
mines under a culvert, police have foiled an attempt by
PWG militants to blow off a bridge on the Karimnagar-Hyderabad
state highway near here.
"The naxalites had planted two claymore mines and
connected it with a fuse wire upto 30 metres of length under a
culvert. Police unearthed the mines last evening,"
sub-inspector of police T Mohan said here today.
The mines were planted under the culvert at a distance of
200 yards from Lower Manair Dam (LMD) police station, nearly
eight km from here, he said adding the militants had also
planted one more claymore mine under another culvert, also
near the police station.
No arrests have been made so far, Mohan said, and added
police has increased combing operations and search for more
mines, if any.
Bureau Report