In a joint operation, the special task force (STF) jawans with the help of local police today raided Naxalite hideout at Chormara village in Bheembandh forest area of Munger district and seized sophisticated firearms and ammunition, official sources said.
Additional director general of police (headqarters) US Dutt told reporters here on specific information that the Naxals had taken shelter at Chormara village in Bihar's Munger district, the police team raided their hideout and seized large number of firearms and cartridges of different bores, can bombs and electronic devices to detonate land mine blasts.
Dutt said during the raid on the hideouts in Bihar's Munger and Jamui districts, the STF with the help of district police seized three regular rifles, two long range rifles, 23 cartridges, one can bomb and five electronic devices to detonate land mine blasts from the Maoists, Dutt said.
Dutt said Bihar police was fully prepared to take on the might of the Maoists for which the police had initiated a number of measures.
