The recovery of a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) at Khandikar village near Rangia town has now turned into a bitter spat between villagers and security forces with the latter questioning the men in olive about the recovery of the explosive.
A joint team of the Army and police recovered had recovered an IED, said to be weighing seven kilograms, from the house of Tariful Ali and Noor Mohammad after launching a search operation after midnight.
However, villagers of Khandikar accused security forces of framing the duo who, they claimed, were honest, hardworking and could never be involved in such activities.
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Tariful Ali and Noor Mohammad are brothers and drive autorickshaws for a living.
Villagers also staged a road blockade and raised slogans against police and the Army.
Security forces have, however, dismissed the allegations and claimed they acted on tip-offs regarding the presence of the explosive.
The IED was later blasted securely by Army bomb experts.
