SAA event in Jharkhand, Khunti District area, India on Fri 4th March 2022

Four cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have been arrested in Khunti District of Jharkhand on March 4, and arms and ammunition seized from their possession, reports devdiscourse.com. Acting on a tip-off, Police teams conducted raids on Binda and Gullu villages in Murhu Police Station area on march 3 and arrested the PLFI cadres while they were collecting ‘levy’ (extortion money), Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar said. Two country-made carbines, one country-made rifle, several cartridges, 12 mobile phones and INR 62,800 in cash were seized from their possession. The arrested cadres are identified as Anil Hassa Purti alias Sanjay Hassa Purti, resident of Itti, Stephen Soy, resident of Binda, Etwa Lohra, resident of Barjo and Gopal Wodediyar, resident of Tobaga. All four of them work with PLFI ‘area commander’ Laka Pahan, adds hindi.news18.com.