Khunti: A mini Gun factory being operated in Kukunsi forest located under Murhu police station area of this district has been busted by the police.
Briefing newsmen here SP Alok said that on February 20 he had received a secret tip off regarding the minigun factory being operated in the area by the ultras of the PLFI after which a team comprising jawans of the district police and the Jharkhand Jaguar conducted raids and discovered the factory.
He said that from the spot a lathe machine a generator 30 meters of wire two machines used for cutting iron and 6 rods used for making gun barrels have been recovered.
The SP said that the district police will continue its crackdown against the maoists in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.
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