Huge cache of arms, ammunition seized from Maoist dump

Security personnel have seized a huge cache of arms, ammunition and materials, used in making explosives, from a Maoist dump in the forest area of Chhattisgarh's Gariyaband district.
Acting on a tip off, a joint team of security personnel from Chhattisgarh and Odisha unearthed the dump from the hills adjoining Nagrar village under Mainpur police station limits yesterday, Inspector General of Police (Raipur Range) GP Singh told reporters here today.
The seizure includes two 303 bore rifles, as many muzzle loading guns, one country-made pistol, a country-made gun, 16 detonators, a walkie-talkie, gelatin stick, two remotes, live cartridges of 12 bore gun, a mobile phone, four tiffin bombs and other materials used in making explosives, besides daily use items, the IG said.

Based on the input that ultras had hid arms and ammunition underground at the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border village, a composite team of district force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Odisha's Special Operations Group (SOG) launched a search operation in the region, some 150 km from the capital, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed the dump was meant for making explosives ahead of the monsoons. With the seizure, security forces have foiled an evil design of the Maoists, he said.
More such inter-state operations will be conducted in the area to flush out the rebels, he added.