IED event in Odisha, Dayaltungi, Malkangiri District area, India on Fri 30th August 2024

The personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) busted a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) dump hidden beneath rock cavities inside the caves and seized huge quantities of explosives in the Bejangiwada Reserve Forest, near Dayaltungi village under Kalimela Police Station limits in Malkangiri District of Odisha on August 30, reports odishatv.in. The seized items include two steel tiffin Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) (approx. 3 kilogrammes each), 62 gelatin sticks (125 gm each), 1 binocular (dilapidated condition), two Exide batteries (12 Volt), 11 synthetic belts, 39 camouflage caps, 52 whistles, one Maoist banner (red, in Odia), three Maoist pamphlets (in Odia), 26-star shoulder ranks, 1.5 meter-long electric wire, eight electric plugs, one electric 5-pin wall socket, one steel pot (20 litres), five antenna ground planes (Radio), one printed circuit board and one shoe (right piece). It is to be noted here that the Maoists usually store IEDs, IED-making materials, arms, and other supplies in isolated locations to target Security Forces (SFs) and Police personnel operating in the area.