Koraput: Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a cache of explosives and materials associated with Maoists in Malkangiri district on Saturday. “Based on intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist dumps, a search operation was initiated in and around the Silakota reserve forest under Podia police station limits on Friday,” said a BSF official. The Maoists had stored these explosives and materials with the intention of retrieving them at a later date to use against the security personnel, sources said. TNN