In a major breakthrough, security personnel belonging to the BSF and the special operation group of the Orissa police on Wednesday recovered a huge cache of explosives during an anti-naxalite operation in Koraput district, nearly 550 km from here. Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided certain places in Pinamali forest under Narayanpatna police station area from where explosives were recovered, they said.
“The explosives were dumped by the Maoists in a plastic container in the dense forest. The security personnel safely recovered the explosives and no injury has been reported,” said sub-divisional police officer, (Laxmipur), Y.J. Rao.