The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a joint operation with Gaya District police have confirmed the recovery of a huge cache of explosives from a Maoist hideout.
The explosives were recovered from a cave in the outskirts of the district.
“The joint team of CRPF and police recovered land mines explosives, which includes 18 pressure cookers, 18 pipes, one detonator, 100 bombs and one bundle wire,” said Station House Officer Rajeev Ranjan.
Maoists, also known as Naxals, have killed police and politicians, and targeted government buildings and railway tracks in an insurgency that has killed thousands since the 1960s.
The Maoists, who say they are fighting for the rights of the poor and landless, control some of India’s mineral-rich areas and operate in large areas of the eastern, central and southern countryside.
The rebels are estimated to number 7000 hardcore fighters in nearly a third of India’s 630 districts. (ANI)