The Ministry of Home Affairs informed that lack of expertise in keeping pace with the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices has led to heavy casualties
Forces fighting Maoists don't have modern technology and rely on sniffer dogs that are not always successful in detecting the new "deep rooted" explosives which are the biggest killer in the red zone, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The latest bombs are so sensitive that even clothes brushing against them could trigger an explosion, according to officials who deposed before a parliamentary panel that tabled its report in Lok Sabha. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed that lack of expertise in keeping pace with the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) has led to heavy casualties.
"Presently we are unable to detect deep rooted mines," a representative from MHA has been quoted as saying in the report 'Estimates on Central Armed Police Forces and Internal Security Challenges- Evaluation and Mechanism'.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) lost nine men last week in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, when their Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) blew up.
Officials say planting explosives by digging up roads, so they cannot be detected, is the most common way Maoists target the forces. Under-construction roads in Maoist hotbeds have proven to be death traps as explosives can easily be planted there.
Road constructions account for nearly 40 per cent of CRPF deployment in Chhattisgarh and Maoists have been carrying out operations to derail these projects. More than 60 companies, which is more than 5,000 CRPF men, are deployed for guarding these under construction roads. The Maoists are using all their firepower to strike at the force guarding these roads planting IEDs, explosives and pipe bombs.
The MHA in a written note to the panel said that 35 districts in seven states are considered to be severely affected by Left Wing Extremism or the Maoist threat.
While parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have the most "core zones" of the red rebels, Maharashtra, Bihar and Odisha have also reported incidents of violence.
The MHA has also stated that the Maoists are targeting new states and trying to carve out a new base at the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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