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Explosives found, blast averted in Kandhamal
Wednesday October 19, 2011 11:46:47 AM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
With the seizure of a huge quantity of explosives from a forested
area, police in Orissa Wednesday claimed to have averted a blast
bid by Maoists in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district.
Police late Tuesday found nearly 100 kg landmines from four
containers planted on a prominent road near Godibali village under
Daringbadi police station, district superintendent of police J.N.
Pankaj told IANS.
The explosives which were found during a combing operation by
police, paramilitary forces and the anti-Maoist Special Operations
Group (SOG) in the state had the capability to blow up a big truck
or bus, he said.
The landmines were found days after local Maoist leader Jagannath
Nayak told police that a group of 150 rebels have planned to
attack at least two police stations and a Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) camp Thursday, police claim.
The 45-year-old rebel who claimed to be the secretary of a local
unit of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was
arrested last week from the district's Daringbadi area.
He disclosed that the guerrillas, who have infiltrated into the
district from Bihar and Jharkhand in recent months, were preparing
to attack the police stations at Brahmani Gaon and Daringbadi, and
a CRPF camp at Paniganda village, Deputy Superintendent of Police
G.C. Behera told IANS.
Maoist presence in the district, about 200 km from here, came to
the fore when they shot dead Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader
Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides in his ashram
at Jaleshpeta Aug 23, 2008.
The region witnessed communal violence after local mobs blamed
Christians for the killing and attacked their houses. At least 38
people were killed in the riots that lasted for more than a month.
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