Police recover crude bombs in Jharkhand ahead of scheduled election

Police recovered three bombs in Jharkhand after receiving tip-off from villagers, ahead of scheduled polls as security personnel airlifted polling officers to respective booths in Maoist-infested areas. The second phase of the three-phased polling in Jharkhand is slated on April 17. Villagers tipped-off police about a suspicious material lying on a roadside in Ramgarh town. Prasad said the bombs were secured and possibility of Maoist-involvement could not be ruled out. Meanwhile, to ensure safe and peaceful voting, security personnel airlifted polling officers following Maoist threat. The Maoists, who say they are fighting for the rights of the poor and landless, control some of India's mineral-rich areas and operate in large swathes of the eastern, central and southern countryside.