A local Maoist commander was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) from the Burgi area of Koraput district on Saturday.
Sources said the security personnel spotted the commander Katru Tadingi (30) from his hideout under the Burgi police limits of Narayanpatna block in the district, when the BSF patrol was out for an anti-Naxal operation.The BSF also recovered explosives weighing 5kg, detonators, live rounds of .303 and a good quantity of electronic items from the hideout of Tadingi. The commander was handed over to the local police for further interrogation, official sources said.