On the last day of PlGA Week by the Maoists, the anti-insurgency forces achieved a great deal of success in Koraput and Malkangiri districts.
The joint operations made by BSF forces and COBRA battalion jawans busted many hideouts and seized huge cache of arms. The seizures include nine Single Barrel Mouser loading (SBMl) rifles, two claymore mines along with gun spares and lots of explosives.
The COBRA and 120 BSF troops made a search operation in the jungles of Tolabari and arrested Maoist Narapa Meleka along with a SBMl rifle. The BSF team made an operation in the areas of Tangini and arrested two Maoist supporters, China Pandena and Tamil Ramena. They seized two SBMl rifles.
Another troop of BSF Sunki team got an intelligence report of presence of Maoist leader Suresh with his team in the areas of Pilikabitra village under Potangi police station of Koraput district and made a search operation and busted a hideout. There the forces recovered three SBMl guns, two spare barrels, two pistol barrels, gun powder and some Maoist materials. At Mangalpur village of Narayanpatna police station, the BSF team conducted a search operation and busted another hideout of the ultras.
The rebels were able to flee but the forces recovered two claymore mines, potassium powder, gelatin wire, medicine and many Maoist materials form that area.
Apart from this, in Malkangiri district, a BSF team made a search operation in the area of Karimal under Papermetla police station of cut-off area and recovered three SBMl guns.