3 PLFI extremists nabbed; high-end car, jeep seized

Ranchi: Police have nabbed three members of the extremist organisation, People Liberation Front of India (

PLFI

), in a raid carried out under the

Dhurwa

police station area.Those arrested persons are identified as

Amirchand

Kumar, Arya Kumar Singh and Ujjwal Kumar Sahu. Four others -- Nivesh Kumar, Subham Kumar, Dhurv Kumar and Dhruv Singh -- escaped from the spot on a BMW car and a jeep. Later, acting on the information provided by Amirchand, police conducted raids at different places to recover five Jio

SIM

cards, 70 PLFI pamphlets, 15 portable tents, seven sleeping bags, a scooter, Rs 3.5 lakh in cash and the BMW car and a Thar jeep on which the four others had escaped.Dhurwa officer-in-charge Praveen Kumar Singh said, “Ranchi SSP Surindra Jha had received a tip-off that two persons, namely Nivesh Kumar Singh and Dhruv Singh, were supplying arms and ammunition, explosives, SIM cards and other essential items to the PLFI cadre. When Arya and Ujjwal were about to deliver the SIM cards to Amirchand near the Dhurwa dam on Thursday, all three were caught.”Singh further said the seizure of other valuable items was also made on basis of the information provided by Amirchand. He said the accused persons had acquired ill-gotten wealth and owned expensive vehicles. “We are conducting raids to arrest the other members of the group. The expensive vehicles were not looted but bought them,” Singh added. Meanwhile, the police have caught three PLFI members — Manoj Barla, Chandra Kishore Gope and Bhengra Barla — from the Jariagadh police station area in Khunti on Friday. Police said they conducted a raid when the extremists had gathered to collect extortion money and spread their influence. A country-made pistol, cartridges, pamphlets and receipts were seized from them.