Overview

• The victim was ASI Satyaban Kumar Singh of the 134th CRPF battalion who stepped on a concealed device near K Balang village and succumbed to his injuries in Rourkela hospital.
• The joint team of CRPF and Odisha Police’s Special Operations Group was searching for gelignite stolen by Maoists from a Sundergarh quarry on May 27.
• Forces have recovered about three-quarters of the five tonnes of stolen explosives and continue combing the dense Saranda forest for the remainder.
• On June 13, Odisha Police arrested two high-reward CPI (Maoist) cadres in coordinated operations along the Odisha-Jharkhand border.
• Home Minister Amit Shah and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren say intensified missions are on track to eradicate Naxalism by March 31, 2026.