India, March 16 -- Security forces have recovered four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and demolished four Maoist memorials during a joint anti-Maoist operation in Kanker district, the police said on Monday.

According to the police, the operation was carried out in the Chhotebethiya police station area as part of the ongoing anti-Maoist campaign under the leadership of Bastar Range inspector general Sundarraj P and the direction of Kanker superintendent of police Nikhil Kumar Rakhecha, along with in-charge DIG BSF Om Prakash of Bhanupratappur.

A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Border Security Force (BSF), led by second-in-command Commandant Manoj Kasana of the BSF's 94th Battalion, was deployed for patrol and ...