Large cache of Maoist arms, ammunition recovered in south Odisha

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jan 27, 2015 at 1:13 AM Updated On : Jan 27, 2015 at 1:22 AM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Brahmapur, Jan 26:

Security personnel unearthed three arms dumps of Maoists during a joint search operation in Khalisaru jungle on the Ganjam-Kandhmal border in south Odisha Sunday.

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The arms and ammunition recovered from the dumps include three SLRs, 793 rounds of ammunition (318 rounds of SLR, 240 rounds of .303 and 206 rounds of 9 mm, 19 rounds of INSAS and ten rounds of .22), 30 magazines (19 of INSAS, 9 of SLR and two of .303), charge clips (20), battery (2), battery stands (2) and steel container (2) and several pouch and belts, police said.

“During joint search operations by Sorada police, district volunteer force (DVF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), these dumps were unearthed in the jungle under Ganjam district’s Sorada police station area on Sunday,” DIG of Police (southern range) Amitabh Thakur said.

The DIG said: “We suspect these arms were dumped by Odisha Maobadi Patry (OMP), which was led by arrested rebel leader Sabyasachi Panda”.

“We suspect these arms were looted from the armoury in Nayagarh district during the attack by Maoists in 2008,” added Ganjam SP Narasingh Bhol.

The arms dumps were unearthed following information given by a Maoist commander Pramod Majhi alias Sagar, who had surrendered before police a few days after Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda’s arrest.