Simdega (Jharkhand), March 20 The Jharkhand Police has arrested nine rebels linked to the banned People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) and claimed to have solved the case of burning vehicles used in road construction at Jaldega in the Simdega district, an official said on Friday.
SP Shrikant S Khotre said a case was registered at the Jaldega police station on January 26 after two vehicles belonging to a private construction company were allegedly set on fire by PLFI activists.
"The rebels had partially burned the vehicles and pasted posters demanding money from the company engaged in road construction at Karimati Pangur. A special team was constituted under the SDPO (Sadar), and based on intelligence inputs and technical analysis, nine PLFI members were arrested," he said.
According to the complaint, unidentified miscreants set the vehicles on fire during the night of January 25 and 26 and pasted posters warning of dire consequences if money was not paid.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Justin Topno alias James Topno, Herman Topno, Karan Lohra, Siddhant Kumar Chik Baraik, Dinesh Barwa, Mangal Topno, Ashish Minj, and Amit Kumar.
Police have also seized 10 mobile phones from their possession.