Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Jawans busted a Maoist camp near the Gandhamardan Hill in the Patnagarh area of Balangir district on Sunday.
Acting on a tipoff, the CRPF personnel launched a combing operation in the hill and came across the Maoist camp. During search, the security forces found several articles, transistors, switches, wires, magazine pouches and walkie-talkie sets from the spot.
Sources said all the articles were kept in a box and hidden inside a cave-like structure.
However, there was no trace of any Maoist near the place as the extremists reportedly decamped before the arrival of the Jawans.