The joint special operations group of district police and 154 Battalion of CRPF busted a Maoist camp at Degapahri forest area under Madhuban police station and has recovered a huge cache of explosives, ammunition, naxal literature and banners, said ASP Deepak Kumar.
Giridih superintendent of police Surendra Kumar Jha said security forces launched a massive combing operation on March 2 evening receiving information about movement of left wing extremists in the forest and they were organising a meeting regarding boycott of coming parliamentary election in Giridih.
SP of Giridih said that upon receiving information, the teams searched the area and raided the Degapahri forest on Tuesday evening. On seeing the security forces, the Maoists escaped into deep forest, he said.
During the search on a Degapahri road a Cylinder was spotted.
The bomb had been planted by the Maoists to inflict damage on the security forces he said adding that the cylinder bomb was around 15 kgs.
The forces also recovered 407 cartridges of SLR, 177 cartridges of .315 bore live ammunition, naxal literature, banners and other articles were seized from the spot which belonged to Degapahri forest in Giridih, added ASP Deepak Kumar.
The ASP added that the camp was used for training by the Maoists.Earlier on last month 154th CRPF and the District police personnel had jointly busted a Maoist camp of Nimiyaghat area in the Bhelwaghati reserve forest near Dumari and seized firearms and explosives.