Large quantity of arms seized in Gaya

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Press Trust of India Gaya
Last Updated : Aug 20 2013 | 7:42 PM IST
The security forces today seized 57 improvised firearms apart from a large quantity of arms during an anti-Maoist raid in Bihar's Gaya district, a police officer said.
Carrying out a Long Range Petrolling (LRP) in the Maoist-dominant Lutwa forests, the forces comprising CRPF, STF, SAP and district police recovered 57 'pipe guns', three pressure cooker bomb and tiffin bombs each, two rifles, long wire and Naxal literature, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ashok Kumar Singh said.
No arrest could be made as the Maoists fled from the area ahead of search operation.
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First Published: Aug 20 2013 | 7:42 PM IST

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