Giridih, Sep 25 (PTI) Security forces recovered arms, ammunition and materials used for making IEDs during search operations at two different places in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, police said on Thursday.

The operation was carried out jointly by Jharkhand Police and CRPF in Jokai Nullah under Khukhra police station and Chiruabeda under Nimiyaghat police station limits from Wednesday evening till Thursday morning, officials said.

Giridih SP Bimal Kumar told PTI that following a tip-off about the presence of extremists in the two areas, a joint team of district police, CRPF-154 battalion and Cobra-203 battalion was formed to carry out search operations.

"Though we could not find any extremists in any of the locations, our bomb detection and disposal squad recovered arms and ammunition a

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