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Two PLFI activists arrested with arms

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Press Trust of India Khunti (Jharkhand)
Last Updated : Dec 17 2017 | 6:35 PM IST
The police arrested two activists, including a woman, of the ultra outfit People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), during a search operation in a forest in the Maoist-affected Khunti district early today.
Following a tip-off, a police team raided the area and arrested the PLFI ultras yesterday night, Superintendent of Police Ashwini Kumar Sinha said, adding, other ultras managed to escape.
The SP said that the prime accused in the killing of a BJP leader, Bhaiyaram Munda, managed to escape.
Munda was killed early this month, he added.
Three rifles, four cartridges, one walkie talkie with charger and some PLFI documents were recovered, the SP said.
One of the three rifles recovered is believed to have been used in the killing of Munda, he said.

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First Published: Dec 17 2017 | 6:35 PM IST

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