Ranchi Police arrested an active cadre of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), who robbed a shopkeeper by entering the shop located in Bazartand in Khelari Block (administrative division) under Ranchi Sadar subdivision in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on August 22, reports www.livehindustan.com. The arrested cadre is identified as Gautam Yadav alias Golden Yadav, a resident of McCluskeyganj Police Station area, and an active cadre of the PLFI and has also gone to jail in many cases. Several cases of Arms Act, extortion and murder are registered against the accused Golden in McCluskieganj, Chanho, Anagada and Khalari Police Stations. Rural Superintendent of Police (SP), Naushad Alam said that on August 21, Ajay Kesari was sitting in his shop, when Golden and Lakhan Yadav, riding on a bike, reached the shop. The PLFI duo demanded extortion from Ajay, and on refusing, the duo assaulted him and looted three thousand rupees kept in the shop. After getting information the Police arrested the accused from his house, and at the same time, the Police is conducting raids in search of the second accused.
Meanwhile, Samrat gang of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), ‘supremo’ Jaynath Sahu, surrendered in Ranchi Civil Court in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on August 23, reportswww.prabhatkhabar.com. There are 35 cases of murder, extortion and robbery registered against Jaynath at Lapung Police Station in Ranchi. PLFI ‘supremo’ Dinesh Gope had formed the Naxalite organization, PLFI, against Jaynath Sahu. Many cases have been registered against Jaynath Sahu in Khunti District. Of the cases known so far, a total of 28 cases have been registered in the Police Stations of Khunti, Murhu, Torpa and Karra. This includes about 12 murder-related cases. Jaynath Sahu is accused of committing many major murders, adds www.newsgossip24.com