Malkangiri: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized a huge stock of arms including a rocket launcher from an arms dump of Maoists in a reserve forest of Odisha’s Malkangiri district.
The BSF, in a press release on Monday, said the troops of its 142 Battalion conducted a search operation in Bejangiwada Reserve Forest of the district on the basis of specific information about the Maoists.
“During the search, the BSF personnel found a Maoist dump in the reserve forest near Amapadar-Elkanur village and Bodiluguda-Brundamamdi axis under Kalimela police limits in the district,” the BSF said.
The seized arms and ammunition included one 303 rifle, 11 Barrel (SBML), 1 magazine of 303 rifle, 15 improvised hand grenades, three country-made guns, two 51 MM mortar bombs, a gas welding machine, 112 drill bit of various sizes, 42 live cartridges, one country-made rocket launcher, seven charger clip (303 Amn), two Bren 303 LMG spare barrels, 29 gelatin sticks, five packets of aluminium nitrate, 30 electric detonators and nine synthetic waist belts.
Following the recovery of arms dump, the combing and search operations have been intensified in the area, the release stated.
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