Malkangiri (Odisha): A joint operation team of DVF and BSF personnel busted a Maoist run country-made weapons manufacturing unit in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday.
The security personnel seized a huge cache of raw materials and equipment near Kurub village under Kalimela police station in the district.
“We suspect that the Maoists had set up this illegal unit for manufacture and repair of arms and explosives,” Malkangiri SP Rishikesh Khilari said.
He further said that the left-wing extremists, who were active in Kalimela area, have fled to the interior area of Chitrakonda after the deployment of the BSF personnel.
The team seized 48 bore empty cartridge cases with caps, two bore live ammunition, 93 detonators, two gas cylinders, lathe machine and other ammunition from the spot.
The police believed these weapons were being made by Maoists to target the security personnel and carry out a large-scale violent activity in the area.
