India, Jan. 27 -- The Aurangabad police and the 47th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday evening thwarted a Maoist ploy to ambush security forces in the Madanpur forest area of Aurangabad district in southern Bihar.

During the operation, the forces recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 29 detonators, a 9-volt battery, 25 metres of Codex wire and 76 cartridges from the spot, police said.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs about Maoist movement, a joint team of police and CRPF, led by assistant commandant Dhananjay Kumar and sub-inspector Chandan Kumar, launched a search operation near Gobardih Hill in forest areas under the Madanpur police station limits.

The team detected and recovered two po...