New Delhi, January 11
Security forces engaged in operations against the Naxals in Jharkhand are baffled by the new techniques adopted by the insurgents to plant Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). 

Bomb in body A metallic container with an IED was planted inside the dead CRPF man’s body by the Naxals. The IED was designed to be activated by a pressure release mechanism. The bomb would have exploded the moment the doctors would have peeled off the skin for autopsy. The doctors grew suspicious when they noticed stitches on the jawan’s body. They immediately informed the bomb squad which took an X-Ray to determine the position of the bomb, which was later defused.

At Latehar, the police detected that rebels had placed a metallic container inside the abdomen of the body of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable, Babu Lal Patel, who was killed in an encounter earlier this week.

Sources in a Central Police Organisation said, “The container was placed in the stomach and it extended till the chest.” 

The IED was designed to be activated by a “pressure release” mechanism, which would have killed the doctors who were tasked to perform the post-mortem of the constable, they said. 

“The way the IED was placed inside the stomach of the jawan was very complicated. The bomb would have exploded the moment the doctors performing the autopsy would have peeled the layers of the flesh around the area, where the IED was placed. The removal of the flesh would have released the pressure in the IED and exploded it,” said sources.

The doctors became suspicious when they noticed stitches on the jawan’s abdomen. “The person who planted the bomb seems very skilled in handling IEDs. Also, all vital organs of the jawan were removed to place the bomb,” they said.