CHAIBASA, Aug. 31 -- Two Maoists were on Sunday arrested with arms and ammunition from Saranda forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said.

Acting on intelligence inputs, a team of security personnel nabbed the duo - members of the proscribed CPI (Maoists) - SP Rakesh Ranjan said.

It also recovered a pistol, detonators and materials used for making improvised explosive devices from the Maoists, he said.

Ranjan said the district police have been carrying out extensive operations against Maoists.

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