Explosives seized in Odisha

BSF personnel engaged in anti-Maoist operation in Odisha`s Koraput district have seized explosives, police said here Tuesday.

Koraput: BSF personnel engaged in anti-Maoist operation in Odisha`s Koraput district have seized explosives, police said here Tuesday.
The seizures including three landmines, two tiffin bombs, a country-made gun and about 40 metres of wire were spotted yesterday by a team of personnel in Musulmunda forests in Narayanpatna police station, Superintendent of Police, Avinash Kumar said.

The explosives were dumped by the ultras at a place in the forest in half-prepared condition apparently for future use by connecting them wires, he said.
Combing operation in the area had been intensified after the seizures.

PTI

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