Four militants arrested in Assam

Four militants, including chairman of a outfit, were arrested by security forces in different areas in Assam, a defence spokesman said today.

Acting on an information about the movement of a top leader of the United Peoples Liberation Front (UPLF) in Lahorijan area of Karbi Anglong district, a joint team of the Army and police caught its chairman yesterday, he said.

The UPLF Chairman Garang Gajao was arrested along with a .22 mm pistol and six live rounds of ammunition.

In an another incident, three militants of the All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) were arrested by a joint team of the Army and police in Naobandha area of Udalguri district yesterday, he said.
 

The security forces recovered a 0.22 mm pistol with magazine and three live rounds, a 7.65 mm pistol with magazine and three live rounds, a 9 mm pistol and two live rounds and a country made single shot gun, the spokesman added.