Huge cache of arms, explosives recovered from Jhumras hill

The Security forces, following a tip-off on Sunday, seized huge arms and explosives from Murpa forest area of luggu Pahari near Jhumra hill, a Naxalite-infested village, under the Mahuatard police station in Bokaro. Narrating detailed of the seizures, Zonal IG, Tadasa Mishra said that five guns, 670 cartridges, 5 magazines, 5 cloth cover of cartridge ,6 pieces of detonators, battery chargers, lighters were recovered during the raid. 

Huge country made liquor (pouch) was also sized by the police from the hideout, informed Annepu Vijayalaxmi, Superintendent of Police, Bokaro. The police party has also confiscated one flood light, two wireless sets, mobile phones, SIM cards and huge Naxal literature buried under the ground. According to Mishra, a troop headed by ASP (Operations) Rajendra Toppo and SDPO, Bermo Manoj Rai raided a small bunker of Maoists located forest area Murpa and recovered arms, ammunition and other materials. The forces have intensified the search operation in the Maoist–hit Mahuatard police station area in the past few days.

Sources said that there is likleyhood of many such bunkers of Maoists at Jhumra. The Maoists with a view to trigger an incident had planted several landmines, at various places here. Sensing this, cops while conducting raids always remain extra cautious.