Security personnel on Sunday busted a camp of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in a forest area in West Singhbhum distr♐ict, a senior police officer said.
Acting on a tip-off about the activities of Maoists leaders in forests near Vangram, Ulibera and Gitilipi vil🌃lages, a joint team of police and other security forces launched an operation in the bor♋dering areas of West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan and Khunti districts on Saturday, SP Ashutosh Shekhar said.
During the course of the exer🧸cise, it busted the camp and recovered 𝓰several items of daily use, including rice, pulses, shoes and batteries, he said.
The operation is part of a mas🧸sive combing exercise launched by the security personnel since January 11, following intelligence inputs about the presence of top Maoist leader Misir Besra, who🐟 carries a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head, and others in core Kolhan area, the SP added.
-With PTI Input
