Unknown event in Maharashtra, Gadchiroli area, India on Fri 2nd July 2021

Explosives and INR 1.516 million cash hidden by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has been recovered in an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation carried out by Security Forces (SFs) in Kudri forest in Etapalli taluka (revenue sub-division) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on July 2, reports Yahoo! News. A team comprising C-60 commandos, a specialized combat unit of Gadchiroli Police, and personnel from other SFs’ units conducted an operation in Kudri forest and uncovered INR 1.516 million cash, four electric buttons, three detonators, one switch, a walkie talkie set, wire bundles and Maoist pamphlets from a Maoist hideout. Police said the source of the cash was “extortion money extracted by Naxals from tendu [Diospyros Melonoxylon plant] leave contractors.”