Three Maoists arrested, Rs 76 lakh cash seized

Rourkela: Three suspected Maoists including two women cadres were arrested and Rs 76 lakh cash seized from their possession, police said on Friday. DIG (Western Range) Y K Jethwa told reporters here that all three Maoists were top cadres operating in Saranda forests bordering Sundargarh district and Jharkhand. The Maoists identified as Prasanta alias Lambu […]

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Rourkela: Three suspected Maoists including two women cadres were arrested and Rs 76 lakh cash seized from their possession, police said on Friday.

DIG (Western Range) Y K Jethwa told reporters here that all three Maoists were top cadres operating in Saranda forests bordering Sundargarh district and Jharkhand.

The Maoists identified as Prasanta alias Lambu alias Siba Munda (28), Kiran alias Jina alias Gurubari Tarkot (18), Sipranti Topno (18) were travelling in a bus when police intercepted it and arrested them last night, the DIG said.

All three hailed from Jharkhand and were involved in 16 Maoist related incidents in Chandiposh, K Balang, Bisra and Koida in Sundargarh district besides a number of cases in Jharkhand, he added.

Prasanta was allegedly the Zonal Committee member of South Chotnagpur Zone of CPI(Maoists) while Gurubari, a `commander` of `platoon No 22` and Sipranti an armed cadre of `platoon No 22.`

They would be produced before a local court on Saturday, police said.

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