Landmine unearthed in forested border region in Mulugu
The Hindu
It was allegedly planted by Maoists “targeting” police in Penugolu reserve forest area
In less than a week after seizing a cache of explosives from a Maoist dump in Dodla forest area in Eturunagaram mandal, the Mulugu district police unearthed a landmine allegedly planted by Maoists “targeting” police in Penugolu reserve forest area in Wazeedu mandal on Sunday evening, police said.
Acting on a specific information, the local police, along with the bomb disposal squad and the CRPF personnel, launched a combing operation in the forest area straddling Penugolu-Pamunuru villages in the border mandal on Monday morning. The joint squad detected and defused a hidden landmine in the forest terrain, sources added.
The police recovered a pressure cooker, 20 metres of cordex wire, two detonators, 33 batteries, three electric wire bundles, a camera flash, condensers and capacitors, among other electronic items from the spot.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.