One person was arrested on Saturday night by police in Sirdala police station area after recovering Naxal literature, arms and ammunition and explosives in a raid.
Briefing media reporters on Sunday, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Nawada), Abhiyan Kumar Alok said: "A team of Special Task Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and COBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) swung into action after receiving intelligence inputs about a cache of arms and ammunition dumped in Sirdala police station area."
In the raid, 4 four Improvised Explosion Device (IED)- one of 10 Kilograms and three of 5 Kilograms; one country-made pistol, 39 detonators, 43 INSAS rifle cartridge, four uniforms and three mobiles were recovered from a house.
"We have arrested the owner of the house for further interrogation," ASP said.
ASP Abhiyan Kumar Alok also revealed that one of the IEDs was found active and a bomb disposal squad was called from Gaya who exploded the bomb in a safe place outside the village.
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