Overview
- Security forces recovered 711 barrel grenade launcher (BGL) shells after an intelligence‑led search in dense forest about 1.5 kilometres northwest of the Tadapala forward operating base on Thursday.
- A separate operation unearthed an underground cache near Pujarikanker that contained 455 electric detonators, 500 non‑electric detonators and electronic components used for remote triggering or device manufacture.
- Bijapur district police, the CRPF 196th battalion and a CoBRA unit conducted the joint searches based on specific intelligence provided by CoBRA’s intelligence wing.
- Authorities have restricted access to Karregutta and adjoining hills, warned residents about possible IEDs and unexploded ordnance, and said formal demining and explosive‑clearance work will be carried out.
- Police officials say the recoveries deal a tactical blow to insurgent logistics and mirror recent cache seizures in Gadchiroli, signaling continued regional pressure on Maoist stores and networks.