65 kgs of landmines unearthed in Dantewada

Securitymen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today unearthed 65 kgs of landmines from two separate places in the Naxal-infested region.

50 kgs of explosives were recovered from the national highway going from Gorkha to Bheji in the district by a joint patrol team of police and CRPF jawans, Amresh Mishra, superintendent of police told PTI.

Similarly, acting on another tip off, they unearthed 15 kgs of explosives on highway going from Chintalnar to Mukran, he said adding efforts are on to defuse the landmine.

Earlier on May 10, police had unearthed 75 kgs of landmine from two places in the district. 

Chunk of CRPF jawans casualties in the state have been attributed to landmine blasts triggered by the Naxals.