Koraput: BSF jawans in Koraput averted a major attack by recovering a huge cache of explosive materials from Pindamal-Bhitarpada jungle under Narayanpatna block in Koraput district Saturday.
According to a source, on the basis of an intelligence report, a team of BSF jawans of 155 battalion at Tentulipadar had launched a combing operation in Pindamal-Bhitarpada jungle.
During the operation, they stumbled upon a huge quantity of explosive materials stored in the jungle. It is believed that the Maoists had kept these materials in hiding for a future attack on the jawans.
As many as 60 gelatin sticks, 50 electronic detonators, five bundles of electric wire, 2.5 kilograms of gun powder were recovered from the spot.
The BSF team has returned to the camp safely, it was learnt.
In a similar development reported from Nuapada district Friday, CRPF jawans detected a landmine planted near Cherechuan checkgate of Sunabeda sanctuary. A major mishap was thus averted.
During the combing operation, the jawans spotted two wires visible over the ground. Safely and securely, they dug the spot and detected the landmine weighing 15 kilograms.
Later, a bomb disposal squad reached the spot and defused the landmine. It is suspected that the landmine was planted targeting civilians and jawans.
PNN