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Seven KLO men arrested

Jalpaiguri police today arrested seven persons with alleged links with the Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation KLO while they suspect that s...

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Jalpaiguri police today arrested seven persons with alleged links with the Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation KLO while they suspect that six others behind yesterday8217;s attack near Mainaguri Police Station 8212; in which two people were killed and five others injured 8212; have slipped into Bangladesh.

According to reports reaching here, six Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation KLO men with high-powered guns arrived on motorcycles near the Mainaguri

Police Station and started firing indiscriminately on Saturday.

Two people were killed and five others injured in the attack.

Coming just a few months after the Operation Flushout in Bhutan, the attack sent alarm bells among the North Bengal police.

Just a few days back, the North Bengal Police while preparing a list of 167 KLO activists, had found 22 of them missing.

8216;8216;With Bangladesh border near and easy to crossover, the remaining KLO leaders will resort to hit-and-run tactics, such as these especially during the coming Lok Sabha elections,8217;8217; said senior police official.

 

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