In a Joint operation of SOG of Odisha Police and Greyhounds of Andhra Police on dated 10/10/2018 was lunched in Jantri GP of Swabhiman area, on 12th Oct.2018 about 5:15pm while the security personnel were near the outskirts of village Jantri under Chitrakonda PS, noticed four unknown persons including 1 male and 3 female trying to run away towards the nearby forest with some suspicious articles sighting security personnel. The security personnel chased them and nabbed on the spot. Then the police party searched the persons and ascertained two carriage box containing nails, glass pieces, urea, etc; two electronics detonators, three packets of Gelatin Stick paste used as high explosives and some electric wire from the possession of the accused persons. The accused persons were identified as Maoists. In the primary interrogation, they admitted that they are working for banned CPI (Maoists) organization. They also admitted that they were planning to use the explosives materials against the police party during their operations in the area to kill them by blasting an IED.
The accused persons and the seized articles were produced before the Hon’ble Court of District Judge Cum Special Judge Malkangiri. As per the ossification test, one accused is minor. The minor accused was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board. It was very disturbing trend that Maoists are misguiding minors towards violence.
The District administration made an appeal Maoists to shun the path of violence and be the part of development process of Swabhiman area also be in the main stream of the society. Combing operation in Swabhman Anchal is further intensified.
Prasanta Patnaik