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Joint Police Command Overruns Maoist Hideout in Eastern India

2007-06-10 The joint command, formed to track down Naxalites in the industrial hub, ran over a Maoist camp at Kankadahada forests in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. A fierce exchange of fire that ensued is believed to have left two ultras dead though police have not been able to retrieve any body yet.

Arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the camp. On Saturday, Dhenkanal police and a Special Operation Group (SOG) unit had come across Maoists movement in Kandhar area where three forest officials were brutally killed in January. The joint squad, led by Dhenkanal SP SK Kaushal, combed the forests on Sunday and located the camp where at least 14 Maoists, belonging to CPI(ML) Janashakti, were stationed.

After heavy exchange of fire, the Maoists fled the area. Police said the extremists sustained bullet injuries during the encounter, while villagers saw bodies of a male and a female being carried back by the retreating ultras. A self-loading rifle, a revolver, 75 rounds of ammunition, five detonators, six gelatin sticks, flash bombs, solar light panels and transistors were recovered from the camp. Besides, utensils and other belongings were seized.

DIG, North Central Range, Arun Kumar Sarangi said reinforcement has now been sent to the area. Four SOG units have been drafted into the operation. The DIG said police have alerted all the nearby hospitals and dispensaries to inform the local SP, if someone with bullet injuries comes for treatment.

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