The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 15 arrested two persons and seized from them an Army uniform, along with arms, ammunition, digital devices, cash and jewellery, during raids across four States in connection with a People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) extortion and levy collection case.
The searches were carried out at 23 locations, including 19 in Jharkhand’s Gumla, Ranchi, Khunti, Simdega, Palamu, and West Singhbhum districts; one each in Bihar’s Patna and the Siddhi district of Madhya Pradesh; and and two locations in Delhi. Premises of those linked to the Jharkhand-based banned outfit, PLFI, were covered.
The arrested persons were identified as Raman Kumar Sonu from Bihar and Nivesh Kumar, a resident of South-West Delhi. Both the accused are named in the First Information Report registered by the NIA alleging extortion or levy collection by the PLFI leaders, cadre and sympathisers in various States.
