Adilabad Police on May 16 recovered a huge dump belonging to
the Communist Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
from the Mangi-Dongapalli forest in
Adilabad District, reports The
Hindu. The dump consists of three
kilograms of gun powder including
two kilograms of black variety, 40
rounds of high-velocity bullets, 36
empty rounds of 9mm pistol, an empty
grenade, 31 electrical detonators,
one kilogram of air-gun balls, three
high-explosive wire bundles and six
electrical wire bundles, two 12mm
bore ammunition and three fillers,
50 grenade safety-pins, huge cache
of literature including 200 Telugu
books and 20 English books related
with revolutionary philosophy, 20
dairies and five area maps besides,
two video, seven audio cassettes and
two batteries.
Meanwhile, the Maoists blocked vehicular movement by dumping
huge branches of trees on the Charla-Bhadrachalam
main road near Devarapalli village
in Charla mandal (administrative
unit) of Khammam District as part
of the nation-wide bandh called by
the banned outfit on May 16. The Maoists
raised slogans denouncing Operation
Green Hunt before leaving the
spot. Another group of Maoists reportedly
felled trees on the Venkatapuram-Charla
highway near Alubaka village in the
wee hours of the day. Traffic on the
highway was disrupted for some time. |
