Sukma, June 10 -- An improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from the same site in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, where Additional SP Akash Rao Giripunje was killed in a Naxal-triggered blast. The Bomb Disposal Squad destroyed the device on the spot, Sukma police informed on Monday.

Earlier, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai condemned the IED blast in Sukma district in which Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akash Rao Giripunje had succumbed to his injuries. CM Sai said that his sacrifice would not go in vain.

Chhattisgarh CM Sai paid tribute to ASP Akash Rao Giripunje, stating that the Naxals were carrying out such acts as they had been rattled. He assured that the officer's sacrifice would not go in vain and added that ...