New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): A joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the state police on Tuesday apprehended a Peoples' Liberation Front of India (PLFI) Cadre from Jharkhand's Khunti district during a special operation.

The apprehended PLFI cadre has been identified as Pulus Topno, said the CRPF, adding the insurgent was held during a special operation conducted around 4.30 am in Lohajimi forested area in Khunti district's Tapkara region.

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"The troops of 94 Battalion and police conducted special operation around 4.30 am on Tuesday and apprehended a PLFI cadre identified as Pulus Topno," the CRPF said.

The CRPF, a 3.25 lakh personnel force that is mandated to ensure internal security in Naxal-hit states in the country, said it also recovered one pistol, three rounds of cartridges of .303 and seven pamphlets from the possession of the PLFI cadre.

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The PLFI member was later handed over to the police for further enquiry, said the force. (ANI)

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