IED event in Odisha, Malkangiri District area, India on Sun 20th February 2022

A joint team of Special Operating Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) recovered a major Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)’s dump of incriminating articles near the jungle area of Nadmenjeri village under Jantri Gram Panchayat (village level local self-Government institutions) under Jodamba Police Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha on February 20, reports The Print. Nitesh Wadhmani, Superintendent of Police (SP), said, “This has led to the recovery and seizure of a large number of arms, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), explosives, Maoist literature and other incriminating articles.” He further added that these articles are suspected to be used in making IEDs and to target villagers and police teams during Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) elections. The SP informed that his team seized 1 country-made gun, 1 tiffin IED approximately 05 kilograms, 1 pressure IED, 3 broken country-made pistols, 1 broken country-made revolver, 42 metres codex wire, 2 detonators, 3 banners, 1 tiffin container for IED making, literature, 3 batteries, 15 electric wire, 3 mobile charger pin, 2 remote, 1 electronic mechanism, 1 cutting plier, 1 hammer, 1 hacksaw, 2 CD plate, iron scrap material and electronic scrap material.