Two militants arrested, cache of arms recovered in Manipur crackdown
The arrested militants of the Taibanganba faction of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) were involved in extortion activities.
Five Maoists were arrested from a shopping complex here, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the Tritiya Prastuti…
IANS | Ranchi | February 25, 2017 8:42 am
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Five Maoists were arrested from a shopping complex here, police said on Saturday.
According to the police, the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) militants were arrested while buying clothes at a shopping complex in Sainik market here on Friday evening.
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One AK 47, one AK 56 and other incriminating documents were recovered from them.
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They were being interrogated by police.
Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of Jharkhand's 24 districts.
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The arrested militants of the Taibanganba faction of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) were involved in extortion activities.
The raids were carried out on Sunday night at a militant hideout in Araihazar, Narayanganj district, where officials also defused three IED bombs.
In a raid conducted on Tuesday evening, the police rounded up one militant of the PLA at Heirok in Thoubal district. He was identified as H. Radhesyam.
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