Security Forces Detect & Diffuse IED In Rayagada

Rayagada: The security forces diffused an IED planted by the Maoists on a road leading to Parsali panchayat under Kalyansinghpur block. The Maoists, in an effort to assert their presence in Niyamgiri region carried out this act. The targets were security forces and general public, the police said, adding that the intention of the LWEs was to disrupt the panchayat polls in the district.