The Maoist arms and explosives were dumped in the dense forests in the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border area. This is the third major Maoist dump recovered in the district this month.
Malkangiri police Busted Maoist arms dump near the Odisha-Andhra Border: In a significant breakthrough, the District Voluntary Force (DVF) team of Malkangiri police unearthed a large cache of arms on Sunday. The Maoist arms and explosives were dumped in the dense forests in the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border area.
According to police, the intensive search operation was carried out in the forest areas of Gunthabada and Kadamguda under Kalimela Police Station limits of in Malkangiri district. The Maoist dump was unearthed around 6:30 am today.
Acting on specific inputs obtained from the interrogation of surrendered Naxals, the DVF team conducted an intensive search operation in the forest region bordering Motugudem and Donkarai Police Station limits of Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) District in Andhra Pradesh.
The seized items include two SLR rifles, two pistols, IEDs, cartridges, walkie-talkie sets with batteries, antennas, and wires, metal pipes, a hard disk, a pendrive, a keyboard, a medicine kit, and other incriminating materials. Police suspect the arms, ammunition, and explosives were intended to be used against civilians and security forces. The cache is believed to belong to cadres of the AOBSZC (Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee) of the Maoists. This is the third major Maoist dump recovered in the district this month.
Combing and search operations are carried out in the area regularly by the Special Operations Group and DVF teams. This helps to locate and recover any hidden Maoist arms caches, aiming to prevent any possible resurgence of Naxal activity in the future.
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