Arvindji, 150 Maoist cadres holed up in Gumla jungles
NEW DELHI: CPI (Maoist) leader Arvindji, who had got IED planted in the abdomen of CRPF jawans in the recent Latehar encounter, is cornered in the jungles of Jharkhand's Gumla district along with 150 Maoists. Sources said, security forces have been on Arvindji's trail for over 15 days and have surrounded the area forcing him to move within the Gumla jungles. However, forces are not able to strike as there are reports of the Maoists using villagers as human shield in case an encounter takes place. Sources said the Maoist contingent, after the Latehar encounter, was escaping to Saranda forests on the Odisha-Jharkhand border, when they were cornered in the Gumla jungles. In days to come there could be a face-off with the Maoists, sources added. A senior official from the anti-Naxal forces engaged in the chase said, "More than a fortnight ago we received information that Arvindji along with certain other Maoist leaders and a contingent of about 150 Naxalites was moving