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Jharkhand police and CRPF recovered a large cache of weapons, Maoist uniforms, and documents during a joint operation in Hazaribagh-Bokaro forests. The operation follows intelligence on planned attacks amid CPI (Maoist) ‘Resistance Week’ and ongoing anti-Naxal measures.

Personnel from the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) successfully engaged the Maoists, recovering a large cache of arms and ammunition, including automatic weapons such as INSAS and SLR rifles

The gunfight began at around 3 am at a forest in south Abujhmaad when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-naxalite operation

The gunfight broke out in forest along border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was on an anti-naxal operation

The police used dog squads to identify narcotic substances. They also checked vehicles and TSRTC buses to prevent smuggling of liquor, unaccounted cash and ganja.

Official sources said that two more battalions of CRPF are expected to reach the Nagarjuna Sagar project for additional deployments.

The number of terrorists neutralised in 2022 remained at 187, including 130 local terrorists and 57 foreign terrorists.

This marks another success for the CRPF under Operation Octopus, the ongoing anti-Maoist operation at Burha Pahad along the borders of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

According to the police, the burglars broke open the main door lock and sneaked into the house and flicked the valuables from the almirah post-midnight

"Two policemen and two civilians lost their lives in a terrorist attack in Sopore. Two other police personnel are injured. Lashkar-e-Taiba is behind this attack," said Kashmir IG

"These bikes will be more useful in areas like Bijapur, Sukma, Dantewada etc., as it is tough for the force to take big vehicles or ambulances inside the jungle," a CRPF official said.

The IT training will be imparted to them at the proposed National Centre for Divyang Empowerment (NCDE) at the CRPF Group Centre in Ranga Reddy district

The RAF, a specialised wing of CRPF, was raised in Oct 1992 initially with 10 unattached battalions and increased with 5 more units on January 1, 2018.