BSF Personnel Unearth IED and Foil Maoist Attack Bid in Malkangiri

Malkangiri: BSF personnel of the Company Operating Base Bodigetta, 142 Bn BSF, unearthed an improvised explosive device (IED) during an anti-Maoist operation near the Gomphakonda irrigation canal at the foothills of the Bejangiwada Reserve Forest in Malkangiri district on Thursday.

The seized IED wrapped in plastic was buried near a twin tree close to the Charkondal canal bridge near Bodigetta village under Kalimela police station limits in Malkangiri district.

During the operation, BSF troops seized one steel Tiffin IED weighing around 1.5 kg, one electric detonator and electric wire.

According to a release of the BSF on Friday, the IED was safely neutralised by the bomb disposal squad.

It is suspected that the Maoists and their sympathizers planted the IED to target the security forces.

Following this discovery, further combing and search operations are underway in the region.