Explosives stolen from Sundargarh recovered

Bhubaneswar(By Abhishek Mohanty): The security personnel on Friday recovered a major portion of the 4 tonnes of explosives stolen from a stone quarry in Sundargarh district of Odisha on May 27. 

The security forces have recovered over 70 percent of the stolen explosives during a combing operation at Saranda forest of neighbouring Jharkhand. This was informed by DIG (Western Range) Brijesh Kumar Rai. 

The explosives were found at Tirilposh, located close to Saranda forest, on Odisha-Jharkhand border. One of the security personnel was injured in an explosion during the combing operation.

Earlier, the Odisha Police had confirmed that Maosts from Jharkhand were involved in the hijacking of an explosive laden truck from the stone quarry in K Balang area in Sundargarh on May 27.

Around 30 armed Maoists from Jharkhand hijacked the gelatine sticks laden truck by holding the employees as well as the driver of the vehicle at gunpoint.