Cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), set fire to three trucks in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand on October 29, reports Yahoo News. Superintendent of Police, Mayur Patel, said, the TPC cadres set the three trucks on fire at a coal dump near the Katkumsandi Railway Station. Various coal companies dump coal produced by NTPC and Amrapali and Ashoka coal mining projects of the Central Coalfields Limited near the Katkumsandi railway station for transportation through railway rakes, Police said.
Meanwhile, Khunti District Police raided Chutia area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on October 29, and arrested a People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) cadre, identified as Harihar Mahto alias Harihar Sahu who has a bounty of INR 200,000 on his head, reports The Pioneer. Police recovered two pistols and half dozen cartridges from Mahto. Khunti Superintendent of Police, Ashutosh Shekhar said that Harihar is a hardcore rebel belonging to PLFI. “Mahto, a resident of Karra Police Station of Khunti district was hiding at Chutia area in Ranchi. Karra Police raided the area on late Tuesday night with the help of Chutia Police team and arrested him. PLFI is a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.