Berhampur: Vital information about Maoist plans and their network was uncovered by the police during an ongoing combing operation in forests in Ganjam-Kandhamal border, police said on Sunday.
The joint combing by Orissa police, CRPF and COBRA personnel is on for the third day today and a Maoist camp in the forest near Kerubadi in Daringbadi in Kandhamal district has been destroyed.
A large cache of arms, kitbags, CDs, booklets and some documents belonging to the Maoists were seized during the operation, the police said.
DIG (Southern Range) R K Sharma said police was studying the documents. “The seized documents revealed many information about the network of Maoists and their plans... It will take some time to reach a conclusion?" The training camp, believed to have been set up several months ago, was unearthed by the security personnel during an aerial survey for anti-Maoist operation. At least 30 to 40 ultras are believed to be under training there but all of them managed to flee after a heavy exchange of fire with security personnel on Friday, he added.
“It is suspected that they (Maoists) were planning an attack similar to Nayagarh mayhem of 2008 in which 13 police personnel were killed,” the police said. PTI