Phulbani, March 22 Security forces discovered a country-made gun factory, allegedly run by Maoists, in Odisha's Kandhamal district during an operation, police said on Sunday.
BSF personnel stationed in Balliguda in the district discovered the gun manufacturing unit while conducting a combing operation in Panaspadar village, under the jurisdiction of the Bamunigaon police station, on Saturday, said Shubham Bhosale, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Balliguda.
According to the police, the BSF personnel seized several finished country-made single-barrel guns, barrels, cutters, and other gun manufacturing parts from the site.
Intensified combing operations were carried out in Daringbadi, Kotagarh, Tumudibandha, Bamunigaam, and other police station areas in Kandhamal district since last week to apprehend hardcore Maoist Sukru and his associates, who belong to the KKBN (Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh) group, the police said.
Security personnel from SOG, BSF, CRPF, and other forces were deployed in a coordinated manner for the anti-Maoist operation, with the aim of eliminating Maoists by the end of this month, they said.