Maoists camp busted in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma while BSF unearthes tiffin bombs in Malkangiri

Security forces in Chhattisgarh met another success on Tuesday, October 10, after they busted a Maoist camp being operated in Maoist-hit Sukma district. According to the reports, the camp was operational in the forest of Kindrelpaad and was accommodating around a hundred members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Acting on a tip-off about the presence of hundreds of Maoists in the forests of Kindrelpaad and Nagaram, a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) counter-insurgency unit CoBRA ( Commando Battalion for resolute action), District Reserve Guards (DRG), Bastar Fighters along with personnel of district force have launched an operation on Tuesday.

During the combing operation, when the joint team reached Kindrelpaad, they traced an operational camp of the Maoist which was destroyed subsequently by the joint team. It’s been reported that the ultras flee the spot upon tracing the movement of the security forces. Upon searching the area the forces seized materials pertaining to daily use.

It is to be noted that the security forces have been running continuous counter insurgency operations in the Maoist affected regions of the state where the Maoist still has significant presence in the remote packets of Abujhmad and Bastar regions.

Earlier in another similar operation launched in the district, the security personnel had also unearthed and destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing 4 kg.

BSF unearthes landmines in Odisha

Meanwhile, the Border Security force (BSF) in a separate operation launched in Malkangiri of Odisha unearthed as many as five landmines/tiffin bombs from Kanmarguda forest area adjacent to Chhattisgarh.

According to the reports, personnel of the 142nd battalion of the paramilitary force launched an operation in the forest of Materu panchayat in the core Maoist zone of Malkangiri on Tuesday, October 10, where they unearthed the explosives. Later the team informed the Bomb Disposal Squad who defused the explosives subsequently.

Notably, the BSF has been running counter-insurgency operations in the Maoist-affected regions of Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh for a long which has helped immensely in countering the presence of ultras in earlier strongholds of the ultras, including the Swabhiman Anchal region.