Security forces destroy Maoist training camp

Patdhara Reserve Forest area yesterday after receiving a tip-off about the Maoist camp, they said.

Security forces have destroyed a Maoist training camp in Odisha's Nuapada district, police said today. The security forces launched a combing operation under

Patdhara Reserve Forest area yesterday after receiving a tip-off about the Maoist camp, they said. "The teams yesterday came across a camp of the CPI (Maoist) belonging to the Mainpur-Nuapada Division in the forest area near Kundan Jharia village in Nuapada district," a senior official involved in anti-Maoist operation said.

Though the teams recovered several items from the Maoist camp, the naxalites fled into the deep forest, the official said. The items recovered during the operation comprise : single shot rifle (1), detonator (9), gelatin stick (3), electric wire (100 m), Battery (12 volt-1), Arrow (4) and naxal literature, police said. The security forces also recovered large number of personal use items and training materials from the spot, the official said adding that it appeared that a training camp was being organised by the CPI (Maoist).

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