Kolkata, Apr 14 : Four rifles and six countrymade pistols were seized in a joint raid carried out by CRPF and local police in Maoist-affected Lalgarh area on Saturday night.
According to local police, the arms were found from a field owned by a CPI(M) worker Khaliluddin. The joint force of CRPF and local police dug up the field and found the arms hidden beneath the field.
A search operation is being carried out in neighbouring area to recover more arms.
Local residents alleged that pro-CPI(M) goons had hidden their arms in fields after the mass killings in Netai to escape the clutches of law.
