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In a major breakthrough in anti-Maoist operations, the District Voluntary Force (DVF) arrested a top Maoist leader, Kunjam Hidma alias Mohan, during a combing operation near Petguda village under Boipariguda police limits in Odisha's Koraput district on Thursday.
Acting on credible intelligence inputs about the movement of CPI (Maoist) cadres, a DVF team led by Jeypore Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Parth Kashyap and AC DIOC Dibya Prasad Parida launched the operation on the night of May 28.
As security forces closed in, the Maoists opened fire on the jawans before fleeing into the nearby forest. During the subsequent searc...