AURANGABAD, Jan. 27 -- Aurangabad police and Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) 47th battalion thwarted a Maoist plan to ambush and attack the forces in Madanpur forests under Aurangabad district of southern Bihar on Monday evening, officials said.

The forces recovered two improvised explosive devices (IED), 29 commercial detonators, a 9-volt battery, 25 metres of Codex wire and 76 cartridges from the point, officials said.

Based on a specific intelligence input regarding the movement of Maoists, police and CRPF team led by assistant commandant Dhananjay Kumar and sub-inspector Chandan Kumar launched a joint search operation near Gobardih Hill in the forests falling under Madanpur police station area.

They recovered two powerful IED...