Acting on specific intelligence, Army and Police personnel set up a check post late last night on the Dhubri-Bagribari road late last night, a defence spokesman said here today.
A vehicle approached the check post and on spotting the security forces, the occupants tried to flee from the spot but, were overpowered and the three MULTA militants were apprehended.
The militants were allegedly planning a kidnapping for ransom and have been identified as Jiaur Rahman, Basir Uddin Sheikh and Bilal Hussein.