Ranchi Police arrested five criminals from Khalari under Chanho Police Station in Ranchi who had been working for the banned People's liberation Front of India (PlFI) to create a sense of terror in the area with an intention to collect levy from the contractors involved in development projects.
Talking to the media persons here on Monday, Ranchi SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi said that one of the arrested persons Krishna Yadav alias Sultan Ji was a close aide of arrested PlFI Zonal Commander Kargil Yadav and had been to jail several times earlier also for demanding levy.
"On a tip-off that some of the criminals have been spotted with arms in a deserted dhaba on Khalari-Bijupara Road in lukaiya jungles of Chauda village under Chanho Police Station in Ranchi, police came into action and conducted a raid involving Mandar, Chanho, Burmu, MacCluskiguanj and Thakurgaon Police Stations and succeeded in arresting these five criminals after chasing them. They revealed during interrogation that they were working for PlFI," said the SSP. Some of them however, succeeded to escape taking advantage of the nearby jungles, he added.
"Arrested persons include Krishna Yadav, Devendra Yadav, Vinod Yadav, Narendra Yadav and Bajrag Yadav," the SSP said. One 0.315 bore rifle, 2 country made pistol, one 9 mm pistol, PlFI letter pads, one motorcycle, Rs 21,600 cash and a chargeable table lamp along with several live cartridges have also been recovered from their possession, he added.