Maoist ammunition dump recovered in Telangana's Mulugu district

Police in the districts bordering Telangana and Chhattisgarh are on extra alert these days. On Monday, in Mulugu and Bhadradri kothagudem districts, alert security forces recovered IEDs and an ammunition dump kept for targeting police personnel. According to Mulugu Superintendent of Police Sangram Singh Patil, “Top Maoist leader Bade Chokkarao alias Damodar under the direction of the JMWP Divisional Committee secretary Kankanala Rajireddy Venkanna, Kursam Mangu alias Bhadru, Muchaki Ungal alias Raghu alias Sudhakar the members of Eturnagaram-Mahadevpur committee Kovvasi Ganga alias Mahesh and Sodi Kosi alias Jhansi and other Dalam members with arms have combined and conspired a plan intending to kill the police party coming for combing the area.” The Maoists had kept some explosives hidden in the reserve forest of Dodla village of Eturnagaram Mandal. Based on credible information, police along with Central Reserve Police Force officers, and a Bomb Disposal Team, went to the dense forest in Dodla area and conducted a search. The police team found ten gelatin sticks, ten detonators, three Claymore mines, five couplings, 33 live SLR rounds, one fired SLR round, one fired AK-47 round, one battery, one wire bundle 100 metres and two kg of nails from the spot.