Information About Incident 57710-114368-289780 in Araria India

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Acting on inputs provided by the arrested suppliers, the Police raided their godown at Takia Muhalla and recovered 40,000 aluminum short delay detonators.

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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and illegal miners have access to Government explosives factories, two suppliers arrested by Rohtas District Police with a large quantity of electric detonators said on September 10, reports Hindustan Times. The two suppliers- Dipak Kumar Singh and Bikram Kumar Singh- were arrested during a raid at Adamapur village in Sasaram mufassil Police Station area following a tip-off that they were to hand over a big consignment of explosives to Maoists. Acting on inputs provided by the arrested suppliers, the Police raided their godown at Takia Muhalla and recovered 40,000 aluminum short delay detonators. The highly explosive detonators, often used by the Maoists against security forces, were carrying labels of Dorica, Indian Explosives Limited and Made in India, Rohtas superintendent of police (SP) Manu Maharaj said. The arrested suppliers said they used to buy detonators and explosives from Chunar (Uttar Pradesh) and supply to Maoists and illegal miners in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the SP said.

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57710-114368-289780 9/12/2012 India Explosives made in Government units seized from Maoist suppliers in Bihar

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