Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Odisha, Rayagada District area, India on Fri 9th December 2022

Rayagada Police December 9, arrested six persons who posing as Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres involved in extortion in Rayagada District of Odisha, reports Ommcom News. Superintendent of Police (SP), Vivekanand Sharma, said that on December 7 an unknown person identifying himself as a Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] informed a villager of Sunger village under Kashipur Police limits that a time bomb has been kept on the roof of his house and demanded INR 500,000 from him. The unknown person threatened to kill the villager if he failed to pay the amount, Sharma added. After the villager lodged a complaint at the Kashipur police station in this connection, police reached the spot along with the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS). Five gelatin sticks each weighing 200 grams, 10 electric commercial detonators, and five meters of wire were seized and the bomb was defused. During the course of the investigation, based on reliable intelligence input, the six accused were arrested from the Rayagada-Kalahandi border, SP, Sharma said. Police have also seized four mobile phones, a cylinder, and a digital watch from their possession.