Gumla/Hazaribag: Eight members of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee were held in Gumla and Hazaribag districts, police said on Saturday. In Gumla, five rebels, clad in camouflage uniforms were arrested from Helta village under Bishunpur police station.
Gumla SP Hrudeep P Janardhanan said the rebels hailed from Latehar, Gumla and Lohardaga districts. “On November 25, officer in-charge of Bishunpur police station Sadanand Singh got information about movement of 9 extremists with rifles, gun and bombs in the region. They were here to extract levy. Police held them from the house of Suresh Oraon near Helta forest,” he said.
Janardhanan said the rebels hurled bombs on the security forces upon spotting them and four of them managed to escape. On recoveries, he said, “One .315 rifle, a double barrel breach loading gun, a country-made pistol and an air gun was seized besides live cartridges and two sets of uniforms.”