A Maoist belonging to People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a banned organisation, was arrested in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Friday following a gun battle, police said.
When the police and Central Reserve Police Force reached Bano area, the Maoists started firing on them. After a gun battle of one and a half hours, the Maoists managed to escape but one of them was arrested.
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