Gadchiroli, June 29 -- : In a major blow to Maoist activities, the Gadchiroli Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have destroyed an underground weapons manufacturing unit and seized a huge cache of arms-making equipment concealed in the Balbeda forest along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border, officials said on Monday.
According to officials the operation was launched a couple of days back following specific intelligence inputs about a clandestine Maoist facility operating in the remote forest area.
Six joint teams comprising the C-60 commandos, Pranhita squad, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), and CRPF personnel participated in the search operation under the supervision of Superintendent of Police M. Ramesh.
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