Huge cache of explosives seized in Rayagada
KORAPUT: Special Operation Group (SOG) and CRPF personnel on Tuesday night seized a huge cache of explosives in Rayagada district.
Based on information provided by arrested Maoist cadre Ramesh Tama alias Dasrath, a team of security personnel conducted a raid in Saplaguda forest under Chandrapur police station area in the district and recovered the Maoist belongings. The seized items included six powerful landmines, 10 bullets, one pistol and electronic detonators among other things.
"We were tipped-off by the arrested rebel. The arms and explosives were dumped in a plastic container in the forest. No arrest has been made as during the raid no rebels were present at the crime spot," said additional superintendent of police (Rayagada) Rabi Narayan Shi.
"While changing camps, the Maoists usually dump explosives at one place for future use. They retrieve it when they launch some offensive," he said.
"Possibility of the presence of more explosives in the area can't be ruled out. We have intensified our operations in and around Chandrapur," he added.
Maoist cadre Dasrath, who was active in Chhattisgarh, was arrested on July 11 during an anti-naxalite operation. According to police, he has confessed his role in the killing of Laxmananda Saraswati.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Huge-cache-of-explosives-seized-in-Rayagada/articleshow/15036008.cms
Based on information provided by arrested Maoist cadre Ramesh Tama alias Dasrath, a team of security personnel conducted a raid in Saplaguda forest under Chandrapur police station area in the district and recovered the Maoist belongings. The seized items included six powerful landmines, 10 bullets, one pistol and electronic detonators among other things.
"We were tipped-off by the arrested rebel. The arms and explosives were dumped in a plastic container in the forest. No arrest has been made as during the raid no rebels were present at the crime spot," said additional superintendent of police (Rayagada) Rabi Narayan Shi.
"While changing camps, the Maoists usually dump explosives at one place for future use. They retrieve it when they launch some offensive," he said.
"Possibility of the presence of more explosives in the area can't be ruled out. We have intensified our operations in and around Chandrapur," he added.
Maoist cadre Dasrath, who was active in Chhattisgarh, was arrested on July 11 during an anti-naxalite operation. According to police, he has confessed his role in the killing of Laxmananda Saraswati.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Huge-cache-of-explosives-seized-in-Rayagada/articleshow/15036008.cms
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