Malkangiri: A joint team made up of personnel from both the Special Operations Group (SOG) as well as the District Voluntary Force (DVF) of Odisha's Malkangiri district on Saturday raided a spot at the Maribeda village, recovering in the process significant quantities of explosives and ammunition from a Maoist ammunition dump in the area.
As per Local Sub-divisional Police Officer Abhilash G, the raid was carried out based on a tip-off which stated that the Maoists had accumulated a substantial amount of explosive material, and were looking to target security forces.
As per information from the police, a generator, ammunition box, wires, among other material was seized during the raid.
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