VISHVENDU JAIPURIAR
Hazaribag, Dec 8: A police team constituted by the superintendent of police Manoj Ratan Chauthe today recovered a 303-loaded rifle from the forest of Keredari on the information of arrested Maoist Binod Munda aka Chandan. DSP(CCR) Arif Ekram confirmed the recovery.
Ekram said Munda, a resident of Buchhadih village in Keredari lodged in Loknayak Jai Prakash Central Jail was taken on remand. He was interrogated and he informed that a rifle was kept in the Lajidam forest of Keredari.
Chauthe formed a team which raided the forest and recovered the loaded rifle. Munda told us that this rifle is of Raghunath Hembrom aka Chanchal Veersen, who is a member of the special area committee of Maoist.
Ekram said this rifle was wrapped in black-coloured plastic and kept under the soil. “We dug the soil near a tree to take out this rifle,” he added.
