"We have made tight security arrangements around Musaboni CRPF camp and some police stations of the sub-division based on the inputs provided by the youth," Superintendent of Police (Rural), Md. Arshi, said.
The youth told his interrogators that at least 50 Naxals including women with sophisticated firearms assembled in the jungle to attack the CRPF camp and some police stations, he said.
Some of the Naxals seemed to have come from outside Jharkhand as they were speaking in Bengali and Odiya, the youth told police.
The 23-year-old youth, whose identity was withheld, was abducted by the Maoists from Musaboni Police Station area on Saturday but he managed to escape, he told a press conference.
Arshi said the youth, a resident of the copper township in Musaboni, was allegedly abducted by motorcycle-borne Naxals who had taken him to a jungle under Gorabandha Police Station area.
The rebels, suspected to be members of Maoists leader Kanu Munda's squad, have tried to lure the youth, who was in search for a job, with money to join them, the SP said.
The SP said a massive long-term anti-naxal operation would be launched in the sub-division from tomorrow and assured that the youth would be given security and trained to get employment.
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