Major action against Naxalites active in Raipur Range, gunpowder-IED bombs and detonators recovered
Raipur: Under the direction of senior officers, a continuous anti-Naxal operation is being carried out in the interior areas of Raipur Range. In this episode, it was reported that as per the instructions of the top leadership of the banned organization CPI Maoist, local Maoist units have illegally collected levy from traders and other people and this money along with other Maoist materials have been hidden in different areas of Gariaband and Dhamtari.
On receiving this information, Gariaband-Dhamtari Police Force and CRPF left on a special search operation on 10.08.24 and this operation was completed on 12.08.24. During the search, this force recovered Maoist material in the dump made by digging a pit several feet deep in the ground in the forest areas of Chhote Gobra and Pendra on the border of Dhamtari-Gariaband and hiding it with soil and bushes.
In this, 06 bundles of 2000 notes, 52 bundles of 500 notes with 100 notes in each bundle, totaling 38 lakh rupees were recovered from different places inside a steel box and besides this 23 pieces of BGL rounds, 2 pieces of tiffin IED, and material related to IED making, 13 pieces of detonator, 01 bundle of fuse wire, 2 kg loose gunpowder, urea, 2 pieces of flash light, 03 pieces of multi meter, sensor remote, electric wire, Maoist uniform, black cloth and other material were recovered.
In this regard, a case was registered in Mainpur police station under Section 308 BNS, Section 17, 20, 21, 40 of the V.V.Cr.Act. And in Mechka police station, a case has been registered under sections 109, 191(2), 191(3), 190 BNS, 25, 27 Arms Act, 4, 5 VPC and 10 VPC, 13 (a), 16 (a) 38(2), 39(2) and further legal action is being taken.
