Seven KLO men arrested

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

Jalpaiguri police today arrested seven persons with alleged links with the Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation (KLO) while they suspect that six others behind yesterday’s attack near Mainaguri Police Station — in which two people were killed and five others injured — 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.

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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.

‘‘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,’’ said senior police official.