38 weapons recovered from Naxals in two yrs: C'garh govt

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Press Trust of India Raipur
Last Updated : Mar 21 2016 | 8:23 PM IST
Chhattisgarh police have recovered 38 weapons, including sophisticated rifles, from Naxals during separate incidents in the past two years, the state government informed in the Assembly today.
Replying to the question of Congress legislator Rajendra Kumar Rai during Question Hour, acting Home Minister Ajay Chandrakar informed the House that police have recovered as many as 16 firearms and 474 cartridges from insurgents during encounters, search operations and surrender (by Maoists) between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015.
Similarly, 22 weapons and 694 cartridges were recovered from the ultras between April 1, 2015 and February 29, 2016, Chandrakar said.
The recovered weapons include two AK-47 rifles, 8 Self Loading Rifles (SLRs), two Insas, one Carbine, twenty 303 rifles, three pistols and two revolvers, he said.
The minister further said police have also seized as many as a dozen .315 bore rifles, five 12 bore rifles, six revolvers and 55 cartridges from the individuals possessing them as personal arms.
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First Published: Mar 21 2016 | 8:23 PM IST

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