50 kg IEDs recovered from Maoist hideout in Jharkhand

NEW DELHI: Security forces today recovered 50 kg IEDs from a Maoists' hideout in Jharkhand's Ranchi district which could have been used to cause major blasts, officials said.
Acting on a tip off, the forces launched an operation and recovered the explosives from a village under Angara police station, they said.
Meanwhile, five Naxalites were arrested by security forces in Chhattisgarh when they were trying to collect extortion money from businessmen.
In another incident, five security personnel were injured when they were fired upon by Maoists in West Singbhum district of Jharkhand.
The attack on the security men came when they went to rescue two abducted villagers from Maoists' clutches, they said.