<p>Three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were seized in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>Security forces, during the ongoing operation against Maoists in the region, unearthed the IEDs planted on a kutcha road between Indurupa and Paprida villages in Karaikela police station, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/10-year-old-boy-killed-in-maoist-planted-ied-explosion-in-jharkhand-1220129.html" target="_blank">10-year-old boy killed in maoist-planted IED explosion in Jharkhand</a></strong></p>.<p>The IEDs, each weighing 5 kg, were defused by the bomb disposal squad.</p>.<p>Earlier, six villagers, including a 10-year-old boy and two elderly women, were killed and over 18 people, including security personnel, were injured in IED explosions since the ongoing operation was launched in January.</p>
<p>Three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were seized in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>Security forces, during the ongoing operation against Maoists in the region, unearthed the IEDs planted on a kutcha road between Indurupa and Paprida villages in Karaikela police station, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/10-year-old-boy-killed-in-maoist-planted-ied-explosion-in-jharkhand-1220129.html" target="_blank">10-year-old boy killed in maoist-planted IED explosion in Jharkhand</a></strong></p>.<p>The IEDs, each weighing 5 kg, were defused by the bomb disposal squad.</p>.<p>Earlier, six villagers, including a 10-year-old boy and two elderly women, were killed and over 18 people, including security personnel, were injured in IED explosions since the ongoing operation was launched in January.</p>