Kanker, March 16 -- Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered, and four Naxal memorials were demolished during a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in North Bastar Kanker district, police said.

According to Kanker Police, the operation was carried out in the Chhotebethiya police station area as part of the ongoing anti-Naxal campaign under the guidance of Bastar Range Inspector General Sundarraj P and the direction of Superintendent of Police Nikhil Kumar Rakhecha, along with In-charge DIG BSF Bhanupratappur Om Prakash.

A joint team of DRG and BSF, led by 2IC Commandant Manoj Kasana of the BSF's 94th Battalion, was sent for patrol and search operations in the Kanker-Nara...