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In the past 1 month, information forces person recovered ₹1.01 crore successful currency and a ample quantity of arms and ammunition, including AK-47 and SLR rifles from erstwhile Maoist hideouts oregon dumps successful Narayanpur territory of the Bastar region, the constabulary said connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026).
Of the ₹1.01 crore, the forces made a important betterment connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) astatine Nelangur colony adjacent the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra borderline successful which ₹84 lakh successful currency was recovered from a dump, Narayanpur territory Superintendent of Police (SP) Robinson Guria said, adding that the hunt cognition besides led to the betterment of a mates of AK-47 rifles buried nearby.
“In different cognition successful northbound Bastar, we recovered ₹14 lakh cash. In all, we recovered ₹1 crore cash. The operations were undertaken based connected accusation provided by immoderate surrendered Naxals,” Mr. Guria said.
In the operations conducted successful the past 1 month, forces — Narayanpur constabulary with the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the Special Task Force (STF), the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and the Border Security Force (BSF) — person purportedly recovered respective categories of weapons.
These see 3 AK-47 rifles, 3 SLR rifles, 2 .303 rifles, 1 .315 rifle, 2 12-bore guns, 2 country-made pistols, and 1 aerial gun, on with 5 AK-47 magazines, 13 SLR magazines, 1 INSAS firearm magazine, 2 .303 firearm magazines, 1 .315 firearm magazine, 113 unrecorded AK-47 cartridges, 182 unrecorded SLR cartridges, 45 unrecorded .303 cartridges, 41 unrecorded .315 cartridges, 19 unrecorded 12-bore cartridges and 12 SMG cartridges. In 2025-26, a full of 270 weapons person been recovered successful Narayanpur district, the SP added.
The purported recoveries besides see 132 BGL shells, 2 BGL launchers, 14 BGL cartridges, 8 physics detonators, six bundles of cordex wire, astir 5 kg of Sora explosive material, 3 kg of achromatic powder, 4 sets of vigor cells, 2 bundles of electrical wire, six walkie-talkies, and different materials of regular use.
These operations are being conducted with the progressive practice of the villagers and a beardown quality network, and enactment was taken by detecting the dumps hidden by the Maoists astatine assorted places, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj said.
The associated enactment has dealt a large stroke to the logistics and arms proviso capableness of the Maoists, Mr. Sundarraj said.
