Bhubaneswar : Security forces have recovered a substantial cache of arms, explosives and ammunition linked to Maoist insurgents in Odisha’s Koraput district, as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle the logistical and financial infrastructure of the outlawed group in the Andhra-Odisha border (AOB) region.
The recovery was made during a search operation in a forested area under the Boipariguda police jurisdiction after investigators developed fresh intelligence from the interrogation of recently arrested and surrendered Maoist cadres. According to police, the seized cache included country-made firearms, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), tiffin bombs, live ammunition, detonators and other explosive materials concealed in an underground dump.
Koraput Superintendent of Police Rohit Verma said the operation forms part of a sustained campaign to neutralise insurgent assets and prevent abandoned weapon stockpiles from being reused.
“Information obtained during the interrogation of recently arrested and surrendered Maoists enabled our teams to locate these hidden caches. Recovering such dumps is essential to denying extremist groups access to weapons and explosives that could otherwise be used in future acts of violence,” he said.
Police believe the recovered materials were hidden by members associated with the Maoists’ Andhra-Odisha Border Divisional Committee, long regarded as one of the insurgency’s key operational zones. Officials described the latest seizure as the second such recovery from the Boipariguda area within the past ten days, suggesting that security agencies are systematically identifying and dismantling concealed logistics hubs in the region.
Beyond recovering arms and explosives, investigators have widened their focus to the insurgents’ financial channels and procurement network. Police said intelligence agencies are examining how the banned outfit sourced funds, acquired weapons and maintained supply lines despite sustained counter-insurgency operations. Officials indicated that further action would be guided by intelligence generated from the ongoing investigation.
Security agencies have in recent years intensified coordinated operations across southern Odisha, combining sustained area domination with intelligence-led policing and rehabilitation initiatives encouraging Maoist surrenders. The strategy has significantly weakened the operational capabilities of Left Wing Extremist groups in several districts, although isolated pockets of activity continue to persist along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border.
Officials said search operations remained underway in parts of Koraput district to locate additional concealed caches and further degrade the insurgents’ logistical capability.
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