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Unknown event in Jharkhand, Baripokhari village under Tonto Police Station limits in West Singhbhum District area, India on Sat 25th February 2023
25th February 2023
Six cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a Ôself-styled commanderÕ were arrested and explosives seized from their possession in Baripokhari village under Tonto Police Station limits in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on February 25, reports The Hindu. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar received information that some Maoists were on their way to deliver explosives to their ÔcommanderÕ. Based on the information, the SP said a team was constituted to initiate action and arrest them. Accordingly, the team launched a massive checking drive after cordoning off a road approaching Baripokhari village and arrested one Boj Hembram alias Kishun Hembram and seized a detonator and gelatine. On the lead provided by Boj during interrogation, Police arrested three other ultras with detonators and gelatine sticks from Tonto Police Station limits. The arrested Maoists confessed that they were active members of Maoist group and carrying the explosives for delivery on the instruction of their ÔcommanderÕ.
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