Security forces today seized an improvised explosive device (IED), a gun and wires from Dhelkahi hills in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
Acting on a tip off that Maoists had hidden some explosive materials and arms in Dhelkahi hills, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police personnel carried out a search operation in the area, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajesh Kumar Singh said.
The team found a 2 kg IED, a gun and wire to detonate bombs from the hill, the ASP said.
The Maoists had hidden the explosives material with a view to detonating the bomb when securitymen would cross the area, Singh said.
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