Bhubaneswar, June 15 -- Security forces today achieved a major success in the fight against Left Wing Extremism by recovering a large cache of arms, explosives and other incriminating materials from a Maoist dump hidden in a forest along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.
The recovery was made during a search operation conducted by the District Voluntary Force (DVF) in the forests of Silakota, Perwai and Keskaguda under Podia police station limits in Malkangiri district. The operation was launched based on intelligence gathered during the interrogation of surrendered Maoists. The dump was unearthed at around 5.45 am in an area bordering Dornapal police station limits in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
Among the items seized were three Sten c...