Banned militant outfit chief Dinesh Gope arrested by Jharkhand police in Nepal

By Express News Service

RANCHI: Dinesh Gope, the chief of the banned People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) outfit, was arrested from Nepal in a joint operation by the NIA and the Jharkhand Police. 

“Yes, he has been arrested from Nepal and he is being brought to Delhi where he will be produced before a competent court for further course of action,” confirmed a police official. Gope is to be produced in Delhi. 

Jharkhand Police had launched a bounty of Rs 25 lakhs on his head, he added.

Notably, Jharkhand Police had larger than half a dozen encounters with the squad of PLFI supremo Dinesh Gope ultimate yr. Gope escaped every time. 

Besides murder and levy assortment, he is moreover accused of terror funding. According to police sources, larger than 150 cases had been lodged in opposition to him at completely totally different police stations in Jharkhand.

Significantly, immediately after demonetisation, Dinesh Gope had tried to deposit Rs 25.38 lakh of cash collected by levy on the Bedo Branch of SBI Ranchi by a petroleum station operator. Four people along with the operator had been arrested on November 10, 2016, in reference to this. 

The NIA took over the case on January 19, 2018. The premises of Dinesh Gope’s affiliate Sumant Kumar was raided the place Rs 90 lakh in cash and investment-related paperwork had been recovered. 

NIA has already arrested Gope’s two wives — Heera Devi and Shakuntala Kumari — in 2020 in a terror funding case.

RANCHI: Dinesh Gope, the chief of the banned People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) outfit, was arrested from Nepal in a joint operation by the NIA and the Jharkhand Police. 

“Yes, he has been arrested from Nepal and he is being brought to Delhi where he will be produced before a competent court for further course of action,” confirmed a police official. Gope is to be produced in Delhi. 

Jharkhand Police had launched a bounty of Rs 25 lakhs on his head, he added.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Notably, Jharkhand Police had larger than half a dozen encounters with the squad of PLFI supremo Dinesh Gope ultimate yr. Gope escaped every time. 

Besides murder and levy assortment, he is moreover accused of terror funding. According to police sources, larger than 150 cases had been lodged in opposition to him at completely totally different police stations in Jharkhand.

Significantly, immediately after demonetisation, Dinesh Gope had tried to deposit Rs 25.38 lakh of cash collected by levy on the Bedo Branch of SBI Ranchi by a petroleum station operator. Four people along with the operator had been arrested on November 10, 2016, in reference to this. 

The NIA took over the case on January 19, 2018. The premises of Dinesh Gope’s affiliate Sumant Kumar was raided the place Rs 90 lakh in cash and investment-related paperwork had been recovered. 

NIA has already arrested Gope’s two wives — Heera Devi and Shakuntala Kumari — in 2020 in a terror funding case.