Security forces seize IED, gun

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.