PLFI likely to disband after Horo’s arrest, Police

Ranchi: The arrest of Amit Horo from Lapung area of Ranchi district a day earlier has wiped off the top leadership of banned left-wing extremist outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), police said on Friday.Addressing the media, Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan said the arrest of Horo, who headed the banned outfit, was a big success for the police. An extremist for 16 years, Horo was wanted in at least 50 cases registered in police stations across Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla and West Singhbhum districts. Of them 21 cases are registered in Ranchi. “The govt announced a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on him,” Ranjan said.“With the arrest of Horo, threats for levy to traders and businessmen will also end. Presently, only a few PLFI members are present, and they survive on levy,” the SSP said.Acting on a tip-off that Horo was on the move along with his squad members around Jamkel village, a police team led by DSP Bero Deepak Kumar surrounded the area and apprehended Horo with an automatic gun, four live cartridges, three mobile phones and PLFI pamphlets.Police informed that among the major crimes committed by Horo and his squad were the murder of Hulsu resident Rakesh Kumar Sahu in Lapung area of Ranchi in 2023, life threat issued to a contractor building a water tank in Lohagarh in Lapung, and arson and firing at a road construction project for levy of Rs 50 lakh in Karra police station limits in Khunti district.