Rourkela: A zonal committee member of Peoples’ Liberation Front of India (PLFI) and a close aide of the outfit’s supremo Dinesh Gope has been arrested by Rourkela Police.
The accused Arjun Rana is the mastermind of a unit that targeted businessmen in Rourkela to extort money. A case in this regard had been registered at Raghunathpalli Police Station on October 10, 2021.
Three persons including one Amit Kumar Sahu had been arrested earlier in the case. Sahu used to provide mobile numbers of businessmen of Rourkela to Rana and had also given him one Brezza car, that has been seized in Assam.
Rana is also involved in four cases registered at Raghunathpali, Jhirpani, Koida, and Uditnagar police stations in Rourkela.
Meanwhile, one semi-automatic rifle and five rounds of 9 mm live bullets have been seized from Rana, which he had concealed in Sorada area.
The names of some of his associates have been identified and action against them will be taken soon, said SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo.
