Jamshedpur, Feb. 26 -- In a major breakthrough against Naxal insurgency, security forces seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition during a joint anti-Naxal operation in the Tonto police station area of West Singhbhum. The operation was launched following intelligence inputs about Naxal hideouts in the forest region. Teams comprising Jharkhand Police, Cobra Battalion 209, and units from CRPF 60 BN, 197 BN, 174 BN, 193 BN, 134 BN, and 26 BN conducted the coordinated operation.
The crackdown was part of an ongoing mission initiated in 2022 under the Goilkera police station to dismantle Naxal networks in sensitive areas such as Dumka, Chhota Dumka, Marakandi, Mejalyada, Khairbani, Tilakamda, Koyalbasi, Chhotkei, and Laisaldi. Security forces...