Overview

• On May 27, around 30 armed Maoists intercepted a truck in Sundargarh district and looted nearly four tonnes of commercial-grade gelatin sticks intended for a stone quarry
• Security personnel from Odisha Police, CRPF and Jharkhand teams engaged insurgents in a fierce firefight on May 30 inside a dense forest near Tirilposh on the Odisha-Jharkhand border
• About 200 packets of explosives and other incriminating materials were recovered and secured following coordinated combing operations
• The National Investigation Agency has taken over the high-profile probe while a Special Investigation Team will work to identify local sympathizers and map the insurgents’ supply chain
• Officials say the recovery underscores intensified counter-insurgency efforts aimed at dismantling Maoist strongholds across Odisha, Jharkhand and neighboring states