Rajnandgaon, Nov 24 (PTI) In a major seizure, security forces on Tuesday recovered 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, used to make explosives, from a Naxal hideout in Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, a police official said.

Based on the inputs provided by a surrendered Naxal, the recovery, from a buried plastic drum, was made from a forest near Metatodke village under Aundhi police station limits by a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and District Force (DF), he said.

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In a separate incident, a squad of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), DRG, Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and local police personnel busted a Maoist hideout near Kauhabahra under Gatapar police station limits, the official said.

The items recovered include the barrel of a muzzle loading gun, five bundles of electric wire, 23 batteries and 24 torches, he said.

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