A
large
amount
of
explosives
and
detonators
were
recovered
in
a
joint
operation
by
the
Special
Task
Force
and
Nalanda
Police
from
a
truck
on
the
Nalanda-Biharshairf
Road
on
June
19,
reports
Times
of
India.
The
Police
also
arrested
five
hardcore
Communist
Party
of
India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
cadres,
including
Prawesh
Mishra,
the
brother
of
top
Maoist
leader
Promod
Mishra.
The
Inspector
General
of
Police
(Special
Branch),
Binay
Kumar,
said,
“Initial
interrogation
has
revealed
that
the
explosives
were
loaded
on
the
truck
in
Koderma
(in
Jharkhand)
and
was
on
its
way
to
Nepal.
Perhaps
the
explosives
would
have
been
down
loaded
in
between.”
Over
one
ton
of
explosives
and
6,000
detonators
were
detected
on
a
truck
camouflaged
as
a
truck
carrying
stone
chips. |
