BRAHMAPUR: The joint forces of
127 CRPF battalion and Ganjam police recovered four landmines from an abandoned
Maoist camp at Nepapadi under Gajalbadi panchayat of Sorada block in Ganjan
district on Thursday.
During combing operation at the tri-junction
area of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal district, the joint forces found two
landmines weighing 20 kg each and the other two 15 kg each, 25 metre long electric
wire, 12 electronic detonator and 20 pieces of polythene from the camp at
Nepapadi jugle.
Ganjam Superintendent of Police
Asish Singh said the joint forces also recovered several other materials used
for making explosives from the area. The recovered landmines were defused on
the spot by the bomb disposal squad, he added.
No Maoist activist was, however,
caught during the operation. The combing operation was intensified in the areas
after getting the explosives from the camp, said the police sources.
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