A huge quantity of liquid and dry explosive materials, including gelatin and detonators were recovered from Arwara village under Bhelwaghati police station in Giridih during a search operation being conducted by the security forces on Thursday, said ASP Deepak Kumar here on Friday.
The consignment of explosive was supposed to be kept under a culvert to be delivered to the Maoists for making bombs.
"A total of 1085 gelatin rods along with 410 detonators have been recovered under a culvert on Jamui-Giridih road on Thursday during a search operation," said Giridih ASP Deepak Kumar.
A search operation was launched on Thursday after the SP got a tip-off that a huge volume of explosives was being transferred in the area. "As we got information that a consignment of explosives is to be delivered to the Maoists in the area, we immediately got alerted and rushed to the spot," said Kumar. "As soon as we reached there about five to six suspected persons present at the spot, ran away taking the advantage of darkness in the nearby jungles," Kumar added.