Police busted a Maoist camp in a forest near Ampabali village under the Pottangi police station in the district on Sunday. But the rebels in the camp managed to give cops a slip.
Based on a tipoff about the movement of the Red rebels in the region, a joint team of the District Voluntary Force (DVF), Special Operations Group (SOG) and the BSF launched a combing operation in Panabadi, Kamalabandh, Bailguda and Urlapadu area in the district, bordering Andhra Pradesh in the morning.
The security personnel, during the search operation in the forest, recovered a gun, a rifle, hand grenades, electronic detonators, bulletproof metal plate, and explosives along with several items used by the ultras.
The items were recovered from three drums which were buried under the earth.
Police suspected that the camp was being used by the Nandpur Area Committee of Koraput Division.