PLFI area commander, bodyguard held in Jharkhand border
Rourkela: People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) area commander Surya
Don Alias Subar Singh and his bodyguard Churu were arrested from the
Odisha-Jharkhand border area today.
Acting on a
tip-off, the Rourkela police headed by SP Himanshu Lal and the Jharkhand police
headed by SP of Simdega Prabhat Kumar conducted a joint operation near Jaldega
in the Simdega area and arrested the ultras.
Additional SP of Rourkela
Sudarsan Sethi informed that 12 rifles, 230 rounds of live cartridges, two grenades and camp
articles like uniforms, mattresses, posters and food were recovered from the
place near Jaldega in Jharkhand. The raid
by the joint team was conducted when members of PLFI, who allegedly indulge in
extortion, loot and other criminal activities, had assembled for a training
camp atop a hill near Jaldega village.
As the police team
surrounded the area, the ultras opened fire. After a gun-battle, the gang head and
area commander Surya Don and his bodyguard were arrested while the rest fled
the spot, Sethi said.
PLFI has been active in the
region for the last couple of years. The organization suffered a major setback
when 10 members of the gang were arrested recently.
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