Armed forces clears three land mines in Vizag agency

With the high alerted armed forces escaped from a big danger in the agency area. The armed forces have successfully removed three high capacity landmines in Pedabayalu mandal in the district on Thursday.

The armed forces who are engaged in the combing operations in the Visakhapatnam agency areas unearthed three highly explosives IED landmines, which were planted by the Maoists targeting the big number of armed forces at Sikupanasa and Maddigaruvu areas of Pedabayalu mandal in the district.

According to the Superintendent of Police A.Babujee, the three IED linked landmines would be worked anti-handling mechanism. The each landmine weight is 5 kgs, and there would be massive explosion, if it they blast the landmines, he added. The combing teams and also attending to the election duties at the dense forest areas found the landmines and successfully recovered from the spot, the SP added.