Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], January 7 (ANI): The newly established Company Operating Base (COB) of Border Security Force (BSF) in Ghanabera recovered a Naxal dump along with 5 IEDs and other related items in Odisha's Malkangiri on Friday.

The Bomb Disposal Squad has cordoned the area and destroyed the IEDs in situ, SHQ BSF Malkangiri informed.

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The BSF, in a press release, said, "On January 7, afternoon, Operation Team of newly established COB Ghanabeda/09 Bn recovered a Maoist dump along with five IEDs and other Maoist related items near village Korhigandi, in Swabhimaan Anchal, Malkangiri, a bordering village in Andhra Pradesh -Odisha." (ANI)

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