Cops seize detonators, bust Maoist camp

MUNGER: Police seized a large number of detonators and busted a Maoist training camp in Jamui district on Thursday. The anti-Naxalite operation was launched by the superintendents of police of Munger, Lakhisarai and Jamui districts.
Acting on a tip-off, Munger SP M Sunil Kumar Nayak said, police of the three districts conducted raids at a Maoist hideout in Karmagh village under Barhat police station of Jamui district and recovered a big gas cylinder and a tractor without number plate besides a large number of detonators and police uniforms from a small hut.
Police said the village is a Maoist stronghold. It is presumed that the rebels had fled the hideout after getting wind of the police operation. The Maoists were running a training camp there, police said.
The Munger SP said the village is situated in a deep forest, at least 10 kilometre away from the police station.