BRAHMAPUR: One suspected Maoist was
arrested and a huge cache of arms were seized by the CRPF and the district
police from Merikote forest area under Sorada block in Ganjam district during a
combing operation late on Thursday, police sources said.
The man identified as Damba
Mallick of Krupagadi village under the Badagada police station in the district
was taken in custody on the suspicion of being a Maoist when the CRPF patrol unit
was combing the area, sources added.
According to CRPF official
sources, three INSAS rifles, two bolt action guns, 119 rounds of ammunition,
four live magazines of INSAS and three other such bullet cases along with 10 kg
of iron splinter used for making IEDs were recovered from the Adi-anga-Sorada
area during a joint combing operation by the CRPF and the Ganjam police on
Thursday. The seized arms and ammunition have been handed over to the local
police, sources in the CRPF added.
Police sources said the arms were
possibly looted from the police or security forces.
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