Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Odisha, Kalimela area, India on Mon 25th December 2023

25th December 2023

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On December 25, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered by the Special Operations Group (SOG) and the District Voluntary Forces (DVF) during an anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operation in the forest of Kalimela under Kalimela Police Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha, reports OdishaTV. During a combing operation, they stumbled upon the Maoist articles, which were buried underground at Kurmanur forest spreading into the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Recoveries include a gun, steel boxes, iron rods, torches, a gas cylinder, and 34 types of materials used in making tiffin bombs and explosives.

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