Five Maoists encountered in Odisha

Five Maoists, two ladies, and three men are suspected to have been encountered in the trade of flame with the security workforce in Odisha's Koraput area on May 8 evening.

As indicated by Koraput Superintendent of Police Kanwar Vishal Singh, the experience happened in the Padiua police headquarters region. "Subtleties are anticipated as the security faculty engaged with this task had not yet come back from the remote sloping wilderness locale," he said.

Sources said the experience occurred inside Kituakanti timberland under Hatibari panchayat of Nandapur square. Till now there was no report of any damage to any security staff associated with the activity.

A mystery Maoist camp working inside the woods was uncovered amid a joint activity by the staff of the Special Operation Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) of the Koraput police. Arms, ammo and different products utilized by Maoists were seized from the detect, the sources said.