Statesman News Service
MALDA, 2 MAY: The CID has started a probe into KLO militants’ attempt to abduct a trader in Malda.
A team of CID from Siliguri today visited the spot within Gazole police station from where four armed KLO militants hijacked a trader’s car on 22 April demanding ransom.
The CID officials today interacted with the locals and police personnel in Gazole police station.
Though the trader’s son Mr Navin Agarwal luckily managed to escape as his driver deliberately crashed the car, his father has received a threat SMS from the KLO activists yesterday.
They allegedly demanded Rs 1 crore from the trader Mr Binod Agarwal. Mr Agarwal has informed the police about the SMS.
Police suspect that KLO activists from Assam area have sent SMS to him.
After the accident, villagers had intercepted one KLO activists Gopal Barman and handed him over to the police on 22 April evening. Three other armed KLO militants fled the area.
District police interrogated Mr Barman to know detail about their net, when court had remanded him in police custody for 14 days, and finally decided to handover the case to the CID.
The Malda SP said: “We have to come to know the details about their network and their plans from him. We are keeping watch on the situation”.
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