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Assam: 26 hardcore militants including 18 of NDFB(S) nabbed, arms and ammunition recovered
Assam : 26 Hardcore Militants Including 18 of NDFB(S) Nabbed, Arms and Ammunition Recovered. Security forces on Monday apprehended at least 26 hardcore militants including 18 militants belonging to NDFB(S) from different parts of Assam and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said.
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Guwahati: Security forces on Monday apprehended at least 26 hardcore militants including 18 militants belonging to NDFB(S) from different parts of Assam and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said.
Defence spokesperson said that, following a tip-off, army, police and NIA had jointly launched operation along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Udalguri district and nabbed five hardcore militants of NDFB(S) including a self styled commander of its 13th battalion and recovered arms and ammunition in possession from them.
The nabbed militants were identified as Bikunas Narzary @ Birlangbai, Bidai Singh Narzary @ Bugdaw , Lohit Basumatry @ B Ferkw, N Araibaw @ Aijak Narzary and Dura Singh Brahma @ B Khamshaw.
The Bikunas Narzary @ Birlangbai is a body blow to the NDFB (S), as he is the self styled commanding officer of thirteen Battalion of NDFB (S).
Security forces recovered one AK 56 Rifle with Magazine, one 9mm Pistol (Foreign Made) with holster, twenty five 7.62mm live rounds, Fifty four 9mm live rounds and one Hand Grenade in possession from them.
In separate operation launched by troops of Red Horn Division based on specific intelligence provided by Gajraj Intelligence Unit, apprehended a self styled Sergeant Bimal Boro alias Khwobla (Platoon Commander NDFB(S) Nalbari) at Antaibari under Tamulpur Police Station in Baksa district.
“Based on hard intelligence provided by Gajraj Intelligence Unit, Guwahati City police and 175 CRPF battalion had apprehended a hardcore NDFB(S) terrorist in Guwahati, identified as Birsing Basumatary, who entered in the City to carry out disruptive activities ahead of Republic Day,” Assam police IGP (L&O) SN Singh said.
Security forces also nabbed 11 militants of NDFB(S) in Chirang district and eight cadres of newly formed outfit group Karbi Liberation Peoples Force (KLPF) in Karbi Anglong district on Monday.
NDFB(S) involved in the massacre on December 23 in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district left 81 innocent Adivasi people dead.
Security forces had apprehended at least 80 militants in Assam after massacre so far.
NIA had registered four cases of the massacre including two each cases of Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district.
(Reporting by Hemnata Kumar Nath)
