Information About Incident 32490-59471-139035 in Nayagarh India

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The Orissa police during the on going anti-Maoist operations on February 22, recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunitions looted by Maoists from two armouries in Nayagarh district last week, reports IANS.

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• Meta Location: Orissa Nayagarh
• Matched District: Nayagarh
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: by Maoists
• Subject: arms and ammunitions

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The Orissa police during the on going anti-Maoist operations on February 22, recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunitions looted by Maoists from two armouries in Nayagarh district last week, reports IANS. The arms and ammunition were found in Gosma forest, located on the border of Kandhamal and Ganjam districts. The Hindu adds that in a statement in the State Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said one hundred and fifty .303 rifles, six INSAS rifles, one short machine gun and some quantities of ammunition were recovered. Earlier, security personnel seized a huge dump of arms and ammunitions left behind by the naxalites (left-wing extremists) near Gosma forest on February 18. "Together, the seizure on both occasions accounts for more than 60 per cent of the weapons and more than 70 per cent of the ammunition looted," Mr. Patnaik said. The anti-naxalites operations were going on in Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Kandhamal districts, he said.

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