IED

IED event in Malkangiri, Odisha area, India on Mon 7th August 2023

7th August 2023

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The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during a search operation in Bejangiwada Reserve Forest have unearthed multiple Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ammunition dumps near Amapadar-Elkanur village and Bodiluguda-Brundamamdi village under Kalimela Police limits of Malkangiri District of Odisha on August 7, reports ommcomnews.com. The unearthing of the dumps has led to the recovery of one 303 rifles, 11 Single Barrel Muzzle Loading (SBML) barrels, 15 improvised hand grenades, one hand grenade with key, three country-made guns, two 15mm mortar bombs, one country-made rocket launcher, 29 gelatin sticks, 30 electric detonators, five packets of aluminium nitrate, 42 303 live cartridges, two Bren .303 Light Machine Gun (LMG) spare barrel, etc.

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Malkangiri ( Odisha area )

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