Police in Maniachuan forest region in Dumka district have recovered a huge cache of arms.
On Wednesday morning, a team of district police, SSB and other forces carried out a search operation along the Maniachuan forest area under Sikaripada police station, said SP Ambar Lakra of Dumka.
During the operation, police recovered a huge cache of arms buried underground about 500 meters in mud road near Maniachuan forest in the district.
The recoveries include three .3030 rifles, 70 live cartridges of .303 rifle, magazine Charge 7 and magazine one.
Based on an input about an illegal arms buries in forest areas by rebels, a search operation for recovery of illegal arms and was conducted in the forest areas under Sikaripada police station by a team of Dumka police team led by Ratish Charan Mishra, Addl.S.P.(A), Dy Cammandant,of 35 battalion of SSB, Lalit Sah, SDPO Noor Mustaffa Ansari’s, police Inspector Sanjay Suman cum-OC, Sikaripada police station,Sun InspectorJitendra Singh and other forces of SSB and Dumka district police.