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Daltonganj (RP Service): In a joint operation conducted by the Palamu Police and CRPF personnel a powerful cylinder bomb was recovered from Manatu Police Station area of the Palamu district. Commandant of the CRPF’s 134th battalion AD Sharma said that upon receiving information regarding the presence of the bomb a bomb disposal team has been sent to the spot to defuse the bomb.
He said that following the input regarding the presence of the Maoists in the area the security men were conducting a search operation on
the Manatu-Chak road. During the search on a kuccha road a cylinder bomb was spotted. The commandant said that the bomb had been planted by the Maoists to inflict damage on the security forces he said adding that the cylinder bomb is around 5 kilograms
.