IED event in Odisha, Kusumput area, India on Fri 28th October 2022

Security Force (SF) personnel unearthed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) dump from a forest adjoining Kusumput village on Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border under Jodambo Police limits in Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri District of Odisha on October 28, reports The New Indian Express. Following intelligence inputs, District Police and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during an intensive search and area domination operation unearthed the Maoist dump from the forest and seized huge quantities of gelatine sticks, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other explosives, said senior Police officials. The recovery includes 970 gelatine sticks, two .303 Rifles, two gas guns, four country made guns, two tiffin IEDs (two kilograms), one HE grenade, 20 detonators, 10 metre cordex wire, one ammunition pouch, battery, solar panel, camera flash, printer, Maoist uniform and other incriminating material. The explosives were suspectedly kept to target civilians and SFs, Police said