IED event in Odisha, Swabhiman Anchal (earlier known as cutoff area) in Malkangiri District area, India on Tue 25th January 2022

Security Force (SF) personnel seized and defused a huge cache of explosives allegedly planted by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from the Swabhiman Anchal (earlier known as cutoff area) in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 25, reports Odisha TV. Acting on reliable information, troopers of Border Security Force (BSF) at Ghanabeda and the District Police personnel conducted a joint operation and recovered seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and explosives concealed under stone piles near the villages of Sadaram, Sanyasiguda and Totaguda. The seized items included steel container IED (approx. five kilograms), four steel container IED (approx. - two kilograms), brass container IED (approx. one kilogram), brass container IED (approx. 500 grams), other powdered explosive-500 grams, brass gas welding stove and other materials. All the IEDs were safely defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) at the site, an official release said.