SAA event in Bihar, Jharna Forests, Aurangabad District area, India on Wed 31st December 2025

Aurangabad Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) 29th Battalion, during a joint anti-Naxal operation, recovered firearms, ammunition and explosive materials from a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideout in the Jharna Forests under the Dhibra Police Station limits in Aurangabad District of Bihar on December 31, reports Hindustan Times. Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the movement of a Maoist squad in the forests, an intensive search operation was launched and during the search, a .315-bore pistol, four live cartridges, six detonators and 10 metres of fuse wire were recovered from the hideout, which Police said were likely left behind by the Maoists while fleeing. The recovered detonators and fuse wire were destroyed on the spot, while the firearm and ammunition were seized.