Naxal hideout busted, bombs found: CRPF

Acting on a specific intelligence input, security forces have busted a suspected naxal hideout and found a cache of bombs and explosive material from a jungle area in this Bihar district.

Gaya: Acting on a specific intelligence
input, security forces have busted a suspected naxal hideout
and found a cache of bombs and explosive material from a
jungle area in this Bihar district.

A patrol party of the CRPF raided a naxalite camp in
Lohwar yesterday after receiving specific intelligence about
the presence of Maoists in the area, a CRPF officer said
today.

The personnel found nine can bombs of five kilograms
each, two bags containing 50 kgs of ammonium nitrate
explosive, electric wires, 28 electronic detonators and a
country-made pistol from the hideout, the officer said.

The seized material has been handed over to the
police and a search has been launched to nab the suspects, he
said.

PTI

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