Revealed on: Aug 19, 2025 03:00 am IST
Police mentioned 70 Maoists have been noticed round Kandhamal, Boudh, Kalahandi and Bargahr districts with some members of central committee in the previous few months
The Odisha police on Monday mentioned they’ve seized round 9 tonnes of explosives, together with gelatin sticks, and 4,000 detonators from the forests of Kandhamal district, an space identified to be Maoist hotbed.
“Our personnel have seized round 9 tonnes of explosives and 4,000 detonators from Tumudibandha space in Kandhamal. Now we have detained two individuals for interrogation on this connection. Safety personnel had earlier discovered 600 detonators from a Maoist dump in Kandhamal final month. The detonators seized from each locations have been of identical model,” mentioned Extra Director Common of Police (Anti-Naxal Operations) in Odisha, Sanjeeb Panda.
Police mentioned 70 Maoists have been noticed round Kandhamal, Boudh, Kalahandi and Bargahr districts with some members of central committee in the previous few months. In Kandhamal space alone, round 20 Maoists are lively.
The ADG mentioned the police suspect that the explosives and detonators meant for mining actions have been being illegally provided to Maoists. “Now we have launched an investigation to seek out out the supply and vacation spot of the seized explosives,” he mentioned.
“The explosives have been saved illegally in Tumudibandha space. Our officers are trying into all these points,” mentioned Panda.
Safety personnel discovered comparable explosives from a Maoist dump in Gumma Reserve Forest in Kadhamal round a month in the past.
Maoists from neighbouring Jharkhand had stolen enormous amount of explosives from a stone quarry in Sundargarh district a few months in the past of which solely 80 % could possibly be recovered from Saranda forest throughout combing operations.
