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5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi

A joint operation by the Odisha police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and specialised Jharkhand Jaguars unit has led to successful seizure of 2.5 of the four tonnes of explosives that were looted by some Maoists on May 27, police said. Some explosive gelatin sticks were seized from a Maoist hideout in a forest near Koida in Sundargarh district on the Odisha-Jharkhand border during a search operation Friday, Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Brijesh Rai said.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi

Vigilance conducted simultaneous searches at properties linked to Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, a chief engineer in the rural development department, at seven locations in Angul, Bhubaneswar and Pipili, officials said. The searches were part of investigations into allegations against him that he possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi

The CBI laid a trap after the complainant purportedly informed the agency about the situation. An FIR was lodged Thursday. “In the complaint, it is alleged that Chintan Raghuvanahi has demanded a bribe of Rs 5 crore (which was further reduced to Rs 2 crore), out of which, first installment of Rs 50 lakh is to be paid to him on 28.05.2025 through… a private person in exchange for not attaching his hospital and not arresting him and to settle an ED case,” read the FIR.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi

Significantly, Madvi Hidma, the de facto military chief of the CPI (Maoist) in Chhattisgarh who commands Battalion 1 of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army, has yet to be arrested. According to Koraput SP Rohit Varma, a special operation was launched Wednesday night after security forces received credible intelligence inputs on the movement of a group of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) cadres in the forest area near village Petguda.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi

The group allegedly forced the driver to operate the vehicle but eventually released him. Odisha has witnessed significant fall in Maoist-related activities over the years with the presence of left-wing extremists limited to a few pockets only. Police sources said there was no Maoist-related activities in Sundargarh districts in the past 10 years. The Odisha Police, in coordination with the Jharkhand police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, have launched search operations.