Breakthrough for security personnel: 7 IEDs in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district

Malkangiri, Oct. 21: In major breakthrough, Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday night recovered seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Odisha’s Malkangiri district and defused them with the help of bomb disposal squads, a BSF statement said on Tuesday.

According to reports, acting on a tip-off, the BSF personnel launched a combing operation in Swabhimaan Anchal along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border and seized the explosives planted on the road.

“The IEDs were planted on a road. It is suspected to be a handiwork of the red rebels to target troops in interior areas of Swabhimaan Anchal,” it said. A bomb disposal squad reached the spot and defused the IEDs early on Tuesday,” the statement said.

On Sunday night, the joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) of Odisha police had also unearthed a Maoist dump and seized a huge cache of explosives from the Koraput-Malkangiri bordering area.

Based on the intelligence report about movement of around 20 armed cadres of banned CPI (Maoist), a joint operation was launched by the BSF Ankadeli and Koraput DVF.

However, the ultras managed to flee the spot, said Koraput superintendent of police (SP) Mukesh Bhamoo.