Chinese explosives recovered from Odisha jungle

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Press Trust of India Koraput (Odisha)
Last Updated : Mar 06 2013 | 6:00 PM IST
Security personnel belonging to the Border Security Force (BSF) and Odisha police recovered a huge cache of explosives during an anti-Naxalite operation in Koraput district today.
��������Acting on a tip-off, the 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 SDPO (Laxmipur) Y J Rao. ��������The seized materials included three Chinese made hand grenades, at least 117�gelatin�sticks, 30 kg of iron chips, one live landmine, 22 packet of liquid explosive and two packet of live wire from the�Maoist�hideout, he said.
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First Published: Mar 06 2013 | 6:00 PM IST

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