Jamshedpur, June 19 -- In a major breakthrough in the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Kolhan region, a joint team of Chaibasa Police and the CRPF 60 Battalion carried out a successful operation leading to the recovery and safe disposal of powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and suspected explosives in the forested terrain near Chitpil village under Toklo police station jurisdiction at West Singhbhum.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs received by the Superintendent of Police, West Singhbhum, the joint team was constituted under the leadership of Shivam Prakash, IPS, Assistant Superintendent of Police-cum-Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Chakradharpur. The operation was launched in the early hours of June 17, 2025, targeting...