KOLKATA: The police claimed to have recovered on Thursday a sophisticated firearm and several rounds of ammunition and explosives from Kanyabali village in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district based on information provided by two suspected Maoists, who were arrested from a Trinamool Congress-run relief camp in Midnapore town on Monday.
Additional Director-General (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purkayastha said one AK-47 rifle, 50 rounds of 8-mm cartridges and 61 gelatine sticks were recovered from an abandoned house. The AK-47 rifle reportedly has ‘PLGA' (the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army) and ‘EER' (Eastern Frontier Rifles) written on it, making the police suspect that it could be one of the firearms looted by Maoists from the Silda armoury after they massacred 24 EFR jawans on February 15, 2010.
“The arms and ammunitions were found when the security forces raided various places at Kanyabali and Lakhanpur villages on the basis of information revealed during the interrogation of Asim Mahato and Amiyo Mahato. Investigations are still on to examine if the duo was involved in the Silda incident,” Mr. Kar Purakayastha said here.
Both were produced before Midnapore's Chief Judicial Magistrate during the day and remanded to police custody for five days. Murder charges had been slapped on them.
http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/04/stories/2011020465690100.htm
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