CRPF recovers Maoist weapons in Vishakhapatnam

Hyderabad, March 01: A CRPF team nabbed a suspected militant and unearthed a cache of arms allegedly belonging to the Maoists near a village in Chintapalli agency area of Visakhapatnam district today, police said.

Based on specific information, the CRPF team carried out the combing operation and found the weapons dump. The team recovered 18 landmine cases, explosives and other material used to set off landmines, a senior police officer told PTI over phone.

The suspected militant is being interrogated and would be arrested soon, the police officer said.

–Agencies