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Patna (BiharTimes): Over 6,000 kilogrammes of gelatin
sticks and detonators were seized by the police from a
truck near Akbarpur block of Nawada district of Bihar.
The area falls just near the Bihar-Jharkhand border
and police have arrested seven persons suspected to be
Maoists.
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According to the IG (Operations) S K Bharadwaj 40,000
gelatin sticks, 8,640 detonators and 23 bundles of
high explosive wires, were seized near Makhor village
in the Akbarpur police station area. The police acted
on a tip-off.
Those arrested confessed before the police that the
consignment was on way from Guna in Madhya Pradesh to
to Maoist groups active in Sheikhpura, Jamui,
Lakhisarai and Munger districts of Bihar.
The truck number RJ 06 4327 and a Maruti ca No WB 56 A
6132 were intercepted near Makhor and recovered the
explosives.
The arrested persons are: Man Singh, the driver of the
truck, Raju cleaner, both from Rajgarh in Madhya
Pradesh, Subodh Singh, Munna Kumar, Karu Ravidas,
Sanoj Kumar and Dayanand Kumar from Sheikhpura, Nawada
and Nalanda districts of Bihar.
It will only be after interrogation that police would
be able to confirm that those arrested are Maoists or
just acting as a conduit.
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