Naxalites’ plan to attack security forces failed, INSAS bullets recovered

In the anti-Naxal operation being carried out in the highly naxal-dominated Aurangabad district, the police have thwarted a major plan of the Maoists to attack the security forces. Police have recovered arms and a huge quantity of live bullets of INSAS rifle from the spot. Police Captain Kantesh Kumar Mishra told a press conference on Thursday that preparations were being made secretly to attack the security forces by the Naxalites in Bandi, Katriba Dobha, Gube Chattan, and surrounding areas in the Madanpur police station area.
On this information, under the joint guidance of him and the Commander of the 205 Cobra Corps battalion: Kailash, the Additional Superintendent of Police (Operation): Mukesh Kumar, the Deputy Commander of the Cobra Corps, Deepak, and the Assistant Commander, Ambuj Kumar Srivastava, sent out a joint team of COBRA and local police to carry out a joint search operation against the Naxalites in these areas. As a result, the plan of the naxalites to attack the security forces was shelved. The Naxalites fled as soon as they got information about the Police operation. Police have recovered two country-made pistols of nine mm, two zip guns, and three magazines of pistols, two magazines of INSAS rifle and 120 live bullets of 5.56 mm INSAS rifle from the spot. All the firearms seized during this operation were brought to the Madanpur police station after duly preparing the seizure list of the confiscated items from the spot.
Regarding this case, in the Madanpur police station, under section 147, 148, 149, 307, 353, 120B, 25(1-B), 26-35 under Arms Act and 13, 16, 18, 20 UAPA Act, a case number-564 /22 has been registered. A total of 11 naxalites have been named as primary accused in the case. The SP said that the morale of the Naxalites has dropped significantly due to the raiding operation of the police. And for the purpose of curbing these naxalite activities, such raiding operations are going on continue.