Cache of weapons seized in Gomia
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Bokaro SP Bokaro Harvinder Singh, said among the recovered items were one SLR rifle, 20 live cartridges, one SLR magazine, one INSAS magazine, two bundles of codex wire, and one detonator. "The cache seems to have been abandoned by the Maoists," he said.
Notably, security personnel have stepped up combing operations in Birhordera forest and its adjoining areas after the July 16 encounter.TNN
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