Raipur, May 13 -- Security forces have recovered more than Rs.65 lakh in cash, along with a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, from Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district during anti-Maoist operations carried out over the past two weeks, police said on Wednesday.

The recoveries were made during intensive search and area domination operations launched by teams of the district police, District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Central Reserve Police Force and its elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action unit in remote and highly sensitive areas of the district.

Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav said the operations were intensified after Chhattisgarh declared itself free from ar...