SAA event in Odisha, Kandhamal area, India on Sat 21st March 2026

Security Forces (SFs) unearthed a country-made gun factory allegedly run by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Kandhamal District of Odisha during an operation on March 21, reports The Hindu. The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stationed at Balliguda in the district unearthed the gun manufacturing unit while engaged in combing operation in Panaspadar village under Bamunigaon Police Station limit in the district on March 21, said Shubham Bhosale, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Balliguda. According to the Police, the BSF personnel seized some finished country-made single-barrel guns, barrels, cutters and other gun manufacturing parts from the site. Combing operation in Daringbadi, Kotagarh, Tumudibandha, Bamunigam and other Police Station areas in Kandhamal District was intensified since last week to arrest hardcore Maoist Sukru and his associates, who belong to the KKBN (Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh) group, the Police said.