Chadheidhara: Acting on a tip-off, Jenapur police Wednesday night recovered huge quantity of explosives buried near Kalapathar mines at Lunibera of Gangeiduburi in Jajpur district.
IIC Sravan Kumar Moharana got information from a reliable source that the explosives were buried in an open field. Swinging into action, the IIC along with other police personnel immediately reached the spot and launched a probe.
After detecting the exact location, the explosives were later unearthed by the bomb defusing squad with the help of a JCB machine. Several explosives along with ammonium nitrate packed in as many as 50 large sacks were unraveled.
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However, the accused who had buried such a huge quantity of explosives are yet to be identified. A probe has been launched in this connection.
“The open field where explosives were buried is a government land. A local resident had illegally taken possession of the land. Lunibera is a mining area. Actual cause behind burying of the explosives can be ascertained after a thorough probe,” the IIC said.
PNN