Pictures showed security personnel with almost no specialised gear trying to extract the bomb planted in the ground.
A two kilo bomb, planted by suspected Maoists to apparently target security personnel, has been recovered from an insurgency-hit pocket of Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said today.
The Improvised Explosive Device or IED, weighing about 2 kg, was unearthed by a team of district force from a dirt track in the dense forest under Borai Police Station limits last evening, Dhamtari Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Pipre said.
Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel launched the operation to trace the bomb in the region, located around 150 km from the state capital.
The bomb was found in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district.
They spotted the IED placed in a steel tiffin carrier hidden underground between Katti and Saiguda villages, the police officer said.
The explosive was defused by the bomb disposal squad after it was brought to the police station, he said. Pictures showed security personnel with almost no specialised gear trying to extract the bomb planted in the ground.
The bomb was meant to harm the security personnel during their operations in the region, Mr Pipre said.