India News | Two SLRs, Hidden by Maoists, Seized from Jharkhand Forest
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), suspected to have been kept hidden by Maoists, were found in a forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.
Chaibasa, Oct 20 (PTI) Two Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), suspected to have been kept hidden by Maoists, were found in a forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.
The recovery was made on the basis of a tip-off that some Maoists had hidden the SLRs in a forest after they escaped following a gunfight with the security forces in May, SP Ashutosh Shekhar said.
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The seizure was made from the forest between Ladurudih and Surugada villages in the Karaikela police station area in a joint operation by the CRPF's 157 Battalion, Special Assault Team and district armed police, he said.
The search operation was still underway, he added.
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