Special action team recovered 20 kilograms explosives from a hillock in Kokoti forest near Kotmi in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on February 23, reports The Times of India. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres had set up an ambush and tried to lure Security Forces (SFs) by setting up a camp, but alert SFs managed to foil the bid. Acting on a tip off that a Maoist camp was being set up on a hillock, the special action team found suspicious movement of alleged Maoists there. Spotting the Police force, the Maoists, who were preparing meals, fled towards dense forest leaving behind their belongings like plastic sheets, utensils, vegetables, ration, water, shoes, clothes etc. During search operation, the troopers come across two electric wires, one each on the east and west sides of the hillock. Bomb detection and disposal squad was then requisitioned, which recovered 20 kilograms explosives.