Mine event in Maharashtra, Laddudera Forest area in Gadchiroli District area, India on Wed 12th October 2022

Police have seized two bombs and a pistol and also found two claymore mines placed underground in a forest by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Laddudera Forest area in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on October 12, reports The Print. Maoists use a variety of weapons and explosives to carry out subversive and violent activities in Gadchiroli, a Police release said, adding, the Police on October 11 received an intelligence input that Maoists had buried explosives and other items in a huge quantity in Laddudera forest area with an intention to cause damage to the Security Forces (SFs). During the search, they found two live pressure cooker bombs, two claymore mines, a pistol, two wire bundles and an aluminium utensil, the Police said, adding that the bombs and claymore mines were destroyed on the spot with help of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS).