The Kataram police have busted a “Maoists’ supply chain” with the arrest of four persons, including a beedi (tendu) leaf contractor and seized ₹76.57 lakh cash, medicines and explosive materials allegedly meant for Maoists from their possession.
The police intercepted a car over suspicion at the forest check-post near Kataram on Wednesday evening and found a huge amount of cash, medicines, a Samsung Galaxy S8 ultra 5G Tab, three Casio watches, three each gelatin sticks and detonators, cordex wire and four mobile phones in the vehicle.
Upon questioning, the four occupants of the car “confessed” to carrying the cash, medicines, and other materials to hand over them to Maoists based in Chhattisgarh, police said.
