The cooker as seen in the picture in a damaged state after the Bomb Detection and Disposable Squads destroyed the 2 kilos explosives found in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
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Gadchiroli: Police have recovered two kilograms of explosives packed in a pressure cooker hidden by Naxalites beneath the ground in a forest in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said.
An information was received that Naxalites, with an aim to harm the police, had hidden explosives and other articles in a huge quantity in the Gondri forest under Kurkheda taluka, a release from the office of Gadchiroli's superintendent of police (SP) said.
The Bomb Detection and Disposable Squads (BDDS) were directed to conduct a search operation in the area.
During the search on Monday, the BDDS found two kg of explosives packed in a pressure cooker hidden two feet beneath the ground, the release said.
The BDDS destroyed the explosives on the spot, it said.
The anti-Naxal operation has been intensified in the district, Gadchiroli SP Neelotpal said.