In an ongoing operation against the Maoits, the police and CRPF on Thursday recovered huge cache of ammunition, electronic and other gadgets by arresting a hardcore Naxal from Goelkera in West Singhbhum district.
The confiscated articles recovered included a laptop, a pen drive, a hard disc, uniforms and around 300 cartrigdes. The arrested rebel has been identified as Ishaque Kandulna, a resident of Goelkera. Revealing about the breakthrough, the West Singhbhum superintendent of police, Pankaj Kamboj said that the senior police officials along with a team of CRPF troopers in the rebel-infested Pandua village.
He said the team destroyed many of the confiscated items like the generator, uniforms and Naxal literatures as it was not worth carrying back to Goelkera. According to the senior police officer, the ammunition that have been seized were that of 7.6 mm and .315 bore bullets. Sources informed that the police have decided to ensure strict vigil and deploy additional security forces in the fringe areas. "Security has been beefed up in the area and they are keeping strict vigil on movement of the Naxalites. The plan is to keep a tab on the camps being operated by ultras," said another official.