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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsSecurity forces on Wednesday unearthed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were hidden near a tree at the Sikhpalli weekly market, about 17 km from here, averting a major tragedy.BSF jawans deployed in the area for anti-Maoist operations found the IEDs, stealthily placed beneath a road in the market during their patrol. Receiving information, bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot, but as they reached by evening, the IEDs could not be defused. SP Akhileswar Singh said the devices will be defused only on Thursday morning.The IEDs could have claimed the lives of numerous security forces personnel and civilians, he said.Malkangiri-based BSF 39th Battalion Commandant Gur Iqbal Singh Mand said patrolling has been intensified in view of the Independence Day.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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Security forces on Wednesday unearthed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were hidden near a tree at the Sikhpalli weekly market, about 17 km from here, averting a major tragedy.

BSF jawans deployed in the area for anti-Maoist operations found the IEDs, stealthily placed beneath a road in the market during their patrol. Receiving information, bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot, but as they reached by evening, the IEDs could not be defused. SP Akhileswar Singh said the devices will be defused only on Thursday morning.

The IEDs could have claimed the lives of numerous security forces personnel and civilians, he said.

Malkangiri-based BSF 39th Battalion Commandant Gur Iqbal Singh Mand said patrolling has been intensified in view of the Independence Day.