Begusarai (Bihar), Aug 2 (PTI) A person claiming to be an army jawan was on Friday arrested in Begusarai district of Bihar and a large quantity of explosives recovered from his possession, an official said.

The arrested person has been identified as Raj Kishor Yadav, a resident of Khorampur locality, Superintendent of Police (Begusarai) Manish Kumar said.

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"A police party had received information that Yadav, who claims to be an army personnel posted in Manipur, was carrying some incriminating items. He was caught near a railway overbridge in Lohia Nagar area,” he said.

"Altogether 75 gelatine sticks and an equal number of detonators" were recovered from Yadav, said the SP.

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Investigation is underway.

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