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Sundergarh: An unspecified number of red-rebels were hurt and explosives in large numbers were seized after police raided a Maoist camp located in Lunga Forest under Mahulapada police limits in the district on Saturday.
The raid was conducted after Sundergarh Police got specific information on the presence of CPI (Maoist) members inside the forest late in the night. A joint team of Mahulapada Police and District Voluntary Force (DVF) raided the camp at around 11 PM following which a bloody gun battle erupted between the two sides. The encounter which lasted for nearly five hours and ended at around 4 AM left several cadre Maoists injured who managed to escape from the camp.
Police said Maoist kit bags, rifles, live bullets and explosives in large numbers were seized from the camp following the encounter.
Security forces have launched a search operation in the adjoining areas of the Lunga Forest to comb out holed up Maoists.
Kalinga AI