Maoist regional headquarters destroyed, 3 arrested in Bihar

Munger: Security forces destroyed a regional headquarters of Maoists on Saturday and arrested three rebels besides recovering a huge cache of arms in Bhimbandh forest area in this district. After getting intelligence inputs about the presence of East Bihar North Jharkhand (EBNJ) headquarters of Maoists in the forest, CRPF and police had launched a joint operation on February 17, Munger Deputy Inspector General (DIG) S P Shukla said.

Terming it a "major success" in the fight against Maoists, Shukla said the headquarters was being controlled by most wanted leader Parvez Da. "Our forces surrounded the entire Bhimbandh area, which is a difficult terrain due to hills and dense tropical forest, and zeroed-in on the headquarters during late hours on Friday.

Around 40 to 50 men and women Maoists were present there, but most of them managed to escape under cover of jungle and darkness. "However, our forces arrested three of them," Shukla said.
The security forces seized a huge cache of explosives, including three litres of nitroglycerin, 60 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 5,000 metres of fuse wire, two bundles of cordex explosive wire,  four walkie-talkies and some Maoist literature.

This is the first instance in the state that highly dangerous explosive like nitroglycerin has been recovered from Maoists, he said.