A huge cache of arms and ammunition including a 15-kg Improvised Explosive Device were recovered by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers following a gun-battle with Maoists in the forested patch near village Tekapal in Kondagaon district.
A team of 212th battalion of CRPF was on an area domination exercise in Tekapal village on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police sources said.
On their way back to the base camp, a group of Maoists opened indiscriminate fire on them and when the CRPF team retaliated, the Maoists fled into the jungle. During a search conducted after the gun-battle, the team
recovered one IED of 15 kg, a set of each switch and battery, 200 metres long electrical cable, 375 gram high explosive, an electrical
detonator, three CDs, corex wire, 100gram gunpowder, a bag and 200gram ammonium nitrate.