A huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives were seized by security forces from Korgo forest in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district during a search operation, a police press release said on Saturday.
The seizure include 200 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), one INSAS rifle, two 303 rifles, one semi-automatic rifle, one loaded country-made pistol with magazine, one country-made firearm, 609 live cartridges, ten detonators and eight empty cartridges, among others, the release said.
The seizures were made based of the lead provided by CPI (Maoist) Sub-Zonal Commander Govind Birijia, who was arrested following an encounter that had taken place in Korgo jungle on December 28. One Sub-Zonal Commander identified as Chandrabhan Pahan alias C B Pahan was killed in the encounter, it stated.
Birijia and Pahan were carrying a bounty of Rs five lakh each on their head.