Naxal hideout busted in Kalahandi
The Hindu
Two improvised explosive devices and detonators were recovered.
A Maoist hideout has been busted in Odisha's Kalahandi district, and arms and ammunition have been seized, police said on Sunday.
The action came after a Naxal camp was busted by the special operations group (SOG) and the district voluntary force of the Odisha Police at Madanpur Rampur block in Bhawanipatna sub-division last Thursday, police said.
Two improvised explosive devices and detonators were recovered. Operations were intensified as police suspected the presence of senior Maoist leaders in the area.
The hideout in the Mundamuska Reserve Forest was busted on Saturday during a combing operation, an officer said.
Twenty-two live ammunition and several arms have been seized, Superintendent of Police Abilash G. said.
In Sundargarh district, a gunfight had broken out between Odisha Police and two persons near Rourkela on Saturday, resulting in their arrests and seizure of an AK-47 rifle and other firearms from their possession.
Police are investigating whether the duo has links with any Maoist outfit or Jharkhand-based People's Liberation Front of India.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.