Security personnel have detected and defused a powerful can-bomb in Jharkhand's naxal-affected West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said today.
Following a tip-off, the security personnel comprising CRPF personnel and district police force, detected the bomb on Tiriposi-Bitkilsoya road while on patrol on Monday, Superintendent of Police, N K Singh said.
Singh said the can-bomb, which weighed 40 kg, was planted under a culvert on the under-construction road and intended to target the security personnel.
Later, the bomb was defused by the bomb disposal squad, he added.
