NEARLY 1 tonne of explosives robbed by Maoists from near a stone quarry in Odisha’s Sundergarh district were recovered by security forces, an official said on Wednesday. The Odisha Police, along with the CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar, the Special Operations Group (SOG), and the elite COBRA unit, launched a joint operation in Saranda forest in Jharkhand after the Maoists robbed about 4 tonne of explosives, mostly gelatin, on May 27.

“The security personnel recovered another 1,000 kg of explosive during the operation on Tuesday night,” DIG (Western Range) Brijesh Rai told PTI. On Monday, around 2.5 tonne of explosives were recovered, he said.