Security forces today destroyed a training camp being run by the Maoists in a forest in Jamui district, a police officer said.
During a two-day combing-cum-search operation against the proscribed CPI(Maoist) in the forest area near Kumartari village, the security forces destroyed a training camp being run by the ultra earlier in the day, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Operations, D N Pandey said.
Scores of Maoists present at the training camp managed to escape deep in the forest with arms and ammunition and left behind two trunks containing uniform, belt, shoes, magazine, medicine, besides naxal literature all of which have been seized, he said.
The security forces comprised of CRPF, SSB, Black Cat commandos, SAP and district police, Pandey said.