Maoist Camp Busted In Odisha’s Nuapada; Explosives Recovered

Nuapada, Nov 2: Security personnel busted a Maoist camp in a forest in Odisha’s Nuapada district and recovered huge quantity of explosive materials from the spot, police said on Saturday.

Based on intelligence inputs about the movement of CPI (Maoist) cadres, two special operation groups (SOG) launched a search and destroy operation in Patdhara and Sunabeda reserve forests in Nuapada district on the night of October 30.

“On November 1, one SOG Assault team identified a suspected Maoist camp associated with the DGN divisional committee of the CPI (Maoist) in a dense forest near Bhainsamundi (Bahadurpani) village under Boden police station limits,” a senior Police officer said.

A huge quantity of explosive materials was recovered during the search operation at the camp, he added.

The recovered materials include 500 electric detonators, five reels of safety fuse, five improvised IED switches, two SBGL rounds, one gelatin stick (decomposed) and various Naxalite literatures.

“This recovery suggests that the site served as a temporary hideout for CPI (Maoist) cadres, which was raided by security forces,” he said.

In addition, another SOG team was deployed on November 1 evening to intensify the search operation, the police added.