Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Security Forces Recover 14 Maoist Arms Dumps in Bastar
Security forces searched forests in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region.
They found 14 hidden storage sites linked to Maoists.
The sites were in Bijapur district.
The search took place in several forest areas.
The forces found rifles and other country-made guns.
They also found explosives called IEDs and detonators.
Some containers could be used to make tiffin bombs.
In total, 99 types of materials were seized.
Security personnel recovered 14 Maoist arms dumps in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.
The recoveries came during a joint search operation in dense forests of south Bastar.
The operation covered Edri, Harra, Nayapara and Sarpanch Para in the Pedia and Kuppaguda areas.
Recovered weapons included one .303 rifle, five country-made Bharmar rifles and one country-made 12-bore rifle.
The cache also contained 10 IEDs, eight detonators, Codex wire, wireless sets and bomb-making containers, totaling 99 types of materials.
- Who
- Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s 199th Battalion and other security personnel.
- What
- They recovered 14 Maoist arms dumps containing weapons, explosives and related materials.
- When
- On Monday.
- Where
- The forests of Edri, Harra, Nayapara and Sarpanch Para in the Pedia and Kuppaguda areas of Bijapur district, south Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
- Why
- The materials were recovered during a joint search operation; the articles do not specify any further purpose.
- Arms dumps recovered
- 14
- District
- Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
- Security unit
- Central Reserve Police Force’s 199th Battalion
- IEDs recovered
- 10
- Detonators recovered
- 8
- Rifles recovered
- One .303 bolt-action rifle, five Bharmar rifles and one country-made 12-bore rifle
- Total material types seized
- 99