Large Cache of Explosives Seized in Patna
Patna: Nov. 22, 2007
A police Special Task Force (STF) in Patna on Thursday claimed to have foiled an attempt to blow up jails in Patna and some areas of North Bihar following the arrests of two prominent Maoist leaders and the seize of a huge cache of explosives including bomb-making paraphernalia and landmines from a rented house in Kumhrar's Naya Tola area.
The breakthrough came after the STF, that was staking out in the area for nearly two days, arrested notorious Maoist extremist Lalbabu Sahni and Dhananjay on Thursday. The two led the police to a rented flat in a house owned by late Ganesh Prasad Yadav.
Inside the flat, the police discovered two rooms full of powerful explosives, bomb-making devices, hand grenades, landmines, Naxal literature, police uniforms, pictures, CDs, and several documents indicating the ultras were planning a major showdown in the state by launching Jehanabad-like assaults on various prisons.
The large quantity of explosives took even the senior police officials by surprise.
"It appears these explosives were being accumulated over a long period of time to cause great damage to the state including government buildings like jails and railway stations," said IG (Operations) S. K. Bhardwaj.
Based on the information provided by the two arrested men, raids are being coordinated in other parts of the state, Director General of Police (DGP) Ashish Ranjan Sinha said.
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