Acting on a tip-off, Ranchi police have arrested six persons having links with banned extremist organization, People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), while they were planning to commit a murder in the State capital.
The arrested persons are Vikas Mishra, Deepak Pati, Arun Bhagat, Dilip Singh, Sabir Khan and Mumtaz Khan.
Two country-made pistols, several cartridges, PLFI letter pad and other articles were recovered from them.
Addressing media persons on Tuesday Rural SP Ashutosh Shekhar informed that Ranchi SSP Anish Gupta received information that PLFI members were seen moving in the Nagri, Itki and the Ratu police station areas with the intention to commit crime. Acting upon his direction a team led by two DSPs started a search operation for the miscreants at various places. During the drive, police team intercepted the PLFI members at Kanthitand, while they were proceeding on a vehicle to meet a middle man of the murder conspiracy. The arms and ammunition were recovered from vehicle during searches.
The accused admitted before police that they were planning to murder a person in Khelgaon area over a land dispute. They said that a middleman living in the Ratu area had promised to pay Rs 1.5 lakhs to them for the crime.