The police Thursday recovered 15 landmines connected to each other at Mohantala in Palamau district, a police officer said here.
Superintendent of Police, Inderjit Mahata, said that the serially connected explosives laid by the Maoists were found during an anti-naxal operation under Pirtand police station of the district.
A bomb disposal squad from Ranchi had disabled the explosives, he said.
The SP said that operation has been stepped up against the banned organisations ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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