Six landmines recovered, defused

The Police today recovered six landmines from a village under Madanpur police station area in Bihar's Maoist-infested Aurangabad district, a police officer said.

Acting on a tip off, the police detected six landmines planted by the proscribed CPI(Maoist) ultras underneath Madanpur Ajan road in Purnadih village and safely recovered all of them, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Baburam, said.

The landmines were connected to six bombs weighing five kg each, he said.

The bombs were being defused by the bomb disposal squad, Baburam added.