Overview
- Security forces reclaimed over 2.5 tonnes of gelatin sticks buried in Saranda forest during a joint operation by Odisha police, CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguars and District Voluntary Force
- On May 27, around 30 armed Maoists hijacked a truck carrying four tonnes of industrial explosives bound for a stone quarry in Sundergarh district
- A Special Investigation Team arrested warehouse owner Shravan Agrawal and a truck driver for alleged violations of explosives regulations and misleading authorities
- Raids on explosive depots in Sundergarh, Rourkela and Keonjhar districts uncovered additional detonators, charging wires and fully laden trucks linked to the heist
- Security forces continue combing dense terrain in search of the roughly 1.5 tonnes of explosives still unaccounted for