Naxal arms unit busted in Odisha

Security forces today busted a Naxal arms manufacturing unit and seized explosives from the jungles of the district here.
According to officials, a patrol squad of BSF detected and recovered a number of claymore mines, a 12-bore gun and muzzle loading gun, electric items and chemical explosives from a Maoist hideout at Narayanpatna area.
The force also launched a search for possible naxalites in the area but it was called off later in the evening, they said.
The operation was carried out by the 28th battalion of the Border Security Force deployed in the area for anti-Naxal operations.