Security personnel patrol at a Maoist-affected area during the two-day shut down call by the rebels in Nawada village of Bihar.
Security forces on Thursday arrested eleven suspected Naxals and recovered a huge cache of explosives from them.
According to sources, a squad of CRPF apprehended eleven Naxals from Bkalsi nanga village of of West Midnapore district in West Bengal and recovered two IEDs, 44 kilograms
of explosives, six detonators and 14 metres of wire.
They were later handed over to the police, they said.
In an another recovery in the district, the force recovered two guns, two tiffin bombs, 50-60 kilograms of explosives, ten detonators, 25 rounds of ammunition and a carton of high intensity crackers.
The recovery was made from Chota Kalsi Bhanga village.