Bijapur, May 14 -- Security forces have recovered approximately Rs 65 lakh in cash and a large cache of weapons, including SLR and LMG, from an old Maoist dump site in Bijapur district, IG Bastar P. Sunderraj said on Wednesday.

Addressing the media, Sunderraj said the seizure was part of ongoing anti-Maoist operations in the region.

"Under 'Mission 2026' and within the Bastar division, DRG, STF, Bastar Fighters, COBRA, BSF, ITBP and other various security forces have conducted operations against Maoists in the last few months, based on an extremely effective strategy," he said.

He stated that the operations had crippled the Maoist presence in the area. "As a result, the Maoist organisation has now been completely eliminated," Sunderraj...