Hazaribagh police recovered the looted light machine gun (lMG) and huge quantity of ammunition from Alunja forest area of Katkamsandi block of the district. The lMG was looted by the Maoists from CRPF Jawans in 2001. Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Jha gave this information in a press meet held on Tuesday in his office chamber. He said that a police team was formed under the leadership of trainee DSP AK Sinha to search the arms and ammunitions buried by CPI Maoists in the forest area of Katkamsandi block as per the information given by Maoists Rohit Ganjhu arrested some days ago by Bokaro police.
Jha said that since Ganjhu is accused in many cases lodged in different police stations of Hazaribagh district so a team of officials was sent to Bokaro to interrogate him. During interrogation Ganjhu had given this information. On the basis of this information, Hazaribagh police started the search operation in which we got good support of the local villagers, he added. On the basis of information given by Rohit Ganjhu about the location, the police team visited many sites of the forest area and finally, with the help of villagers, the team reached the site. SP said when police team started digging soil at the site, arms and ammunition became visible.
From the site, Hazaribagh police recovered a light machine gun, five magazines loaded with live cartages, five Incas magazine and 575 ammunitions. Rohit Ganjhu has confirmed the recovered arm and ammunition is of the group of CPI Maoists to which he belonged. SP Akhilesh Jha informed that the recovered lMG was looted by the Maoist in 2001 when the naxal had blown the vehicle of CRPF team in oraiya forest area of Vishnugarh block of Hazaribagh district. In this incident, about a dozen CRPF Jawans had lost their lives and the naxal had looted their weapons and ammunition.