Malkangiri: In a major success in the battle against Maoists, police and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel recovered a large cache of explosives and weapons from a hilly area in Malkangiri district.
Police said the discovery was made in Dulagundi forest under the jurisdiction of Kalimela Police Station during a combing operation inside dense forest.
The recovered items included an improvised directional mine, a pistol, live cartridges, blank rounds, gelatin sticks, electronic devices, and Maoist books.
Based on intelligence inputs, the operation targeted areas near Goregandi Village. During the search, teams discovered several items hidden beneath a rock cave near Dulagandi Village in Bejangiwada RF under Kurmanur gram panchayat.
Recovered items also include 150 live 7.62 mm cartridges, 170 empty firing cases, 10 blank rounds, 14 books of Maoist literature, 110 gelatin sticks, two 125-decibel electronic trumpets, and one sensor.
“BSF and State Police have been relentlessly conducting operations in the highly Naxal-affected areas of Malkangiri district. Such recoveries strike a blow to Maoist strategies and weaken their morale in the face of the growing dominance of security forces,” an official press release said.
