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Two arms dumps found in Warangal district

Staff Reporter

WARANGAL: The Warangal district police recovered a large quantity of ammunition and three SBBL guns from two dumps belonging to Maoist parties from the forest areas of the district.

Seven landmines were also unearthed by the police from Chelpaka forest area in Eturunagaram mandal from a dump. They were readied to be pitched at a later date. Credible information helped the police recover the mines.

In another incident, the police recovered a huge quantity of ammunition of various weapons from a dump belonging to the CPI (ML) Praja Prathighatana near Sudda Vagu on the outskirts of Chalvai village in Govindaraopet agency mandal.

They included 83 rounds of AK-47, 41 rounds of Springfield, 108 rounds of KF-92, 67 rounds of 9 mm, 88 rounds of .22 and 11 rounds of an unidentified calibre weapon.

The police also recovered three Single Barrel Breach Load (SBBL) guns at Komatlaguda forests in Kothaguda mandal.

‘Recruiter’ arrested

Addressing a press conference here, Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra said that in another important development, they arrested Tamtenki Ashok, a native of Manikaram village, Yellandu mandal in Khammam district, from a house in Brahmanwada in Hanamkonda town.

He had been associated with the CPI(Maoist) and had been given the task of enrolling students into the party.

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