Midnapore: Top Maoist leader Kisenji has been injured and hiding in West Midnapore district along with an associate and a woman leader, police said Saturday.
"Kisenji is hiding in the district and is injured. His associate Bikash and woman leader Tara are hiding along with him," district SP Manoj Verma said. He, however, did not identify the exact location where they were hiding.
Kishenji is believed to have been injured in a fierce encounter with the joint forces at Hatiloth forest on March 25. Tara is said to have led the Maoists who raided the Eastern Frontier Rifles camp at Sildah in the district on February 15 that left 24 personnel dead.
Police sources said Bikash and Tara had plotted to attack a CRPF camp in Kathijore when the encounter near Duli village took place on June 16 in which eight Maoists were killed.
They said 30 Maoist suspects have been detained with massive combing operations till underway.
"We believe that Maoists are still hiding in the areas being combed," a source said.
Meanwhile, security forces recovered three guns, three landmines, paramilitary uniforms, Maoist literature and explosives during raids in the Ranja forest area this evening.
West Midnapore SP Manoj Verma said the joint security forces, combining state police, CRPF and IRB, have cordoned off the Ranja and nearby Arabari jungles and the raids would continue.
Eight Maoists were killed in an encounter in Ranja forest area on June 16.
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