Naxal's new tactics

The Maoists implanted a tumour-sized bomb in the body of a slain CRPF jawan in Jharkhand.
The IED planted inside the jawan, killed during an anti-Naxal operation that turned into an ambush in Jharkhand’s Latehar area, was wired to trigger an explosion as soon as the doctors performing the postmortem surgically pierced the abdomen. It took over 4 hours to defuse the bomb
Dr Binay Kumar of Ranchi Institute of Medical Sciences’ said: “Apart from the IED, detonator batteries and a small solar panel were extracted from the abdomen.” He said the jawan had received several bullet injuries. “The IED weighed 2.75 kg with its container,” Kumar, who conducted the autopsy, said.
Over 20 bomb disposal squad members took more than four hours to defuse the bomb. Constable Babulal Patel of CRPF’s 112 battalion hailed from the Nababganj locality in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
This was the second surprise Naxals served up after recently planting a bomb beneath the body of another dead CRPF jawan. That mine had exploded the moment a CRPF search party, including local villagers, shifted the body killing three villagers.
These ingenious Maoist tactics show that security forces need to face up to an enemy that might have taken a few hard blows but will find new ways to strike back.