Palamu, Nov 11 (PTI) Jharkhand Police has recovered a semi-automatic rifle and around 200 cartridges during a search operation launched in Palamu district based on information provided by an arrested Maoist commander, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

    Sanjay Yadav (45), alias Godram, a resident of Devgaon village in the district, was recently apprehended by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Dombivli and handed over to the Palamu police for further investigation. A reward of Rs 13 lakh had been declared for his capture.

    The recovery was made on Tuesday after police took Yadav on a two-day remand and interrogated him, the officer said.

    "We recovered an SLR rifle and 200 cartridges during the search operation on Tuesday in the Mahudand forest area following inputs provided by Yadav during interrogation," Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary told PTI.

    At least 63 criminal cases are pending against Yadav in Jharkhand and Bihar. He was a zonal committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist), the officer said.

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