The security forces of Odisha carried put an operation in the district pf Kandhamal and engaged in a gun battle with the Maoists on Monday.
After having received a tip off, the Kandhamal police launched a search operation in the forests on Kandhamal and after a long exchange of fire seized arms, ammunition, medicines and other incriminating articles from spot.
The official Twitter account of DGP Odisha in a tweet said,
βIn an operation carried out in Kandhamal district,Odisha police busted a Maoists Camp. Two weapons, large no of live ammunition and other incriminating articles were seized. We appeal to Maoists to shun violence and join national mainstream.β