Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Odisha, Panching forest in Koraput District area, India on Fri 13th May 2022

Security Forces (SFs) and District voluntary Force (DVF) personnel have recovered explosive materials which were long hidden underground by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Panching forest under Narayanpatna Police Station limits in Koraput District of Odisha on May 13, reports Orissa Post. Maoist activities are still going on in some parts of Boipariguda and Machhkund under Lamtaput Block (administrative division) in Koraput District, said Superintendent of Police (SP), Varun Guntupalli said, on recovery of old explosives in a forest. Guntupalli stated that Police received inputs late May 10 night about explosives hidden in forest between Panching and Balpai villages. A team of DVF and an anti-bomb squad jointly carried out a search operation in the area. The Maoists had buried the explosives in the forest many years ago. The Police recovered a CP Riot gun, 38-mm rubber bullet, six packets of liquid explosives (OPR gel) and a pair of cutting pliers. The Riot gun recovered here was one of the arms looted from Koraput armoury in 2004. It may be noted here that Maoists had mounted an attack on the armory February 6, 2004. As many as nine riot guns were looted.