
Police recover huge cache of illegal arms in Assam’s Kokrajhar
Guwahati: Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, police have recovered huge cache of illegal arms in Assam’s Kokrajhar district.
On Thursday, Kokrajhar district police had recovered two country made rifles, one pistol and large number of ammunition from Ripu reserve forest area under Kachugaon police station in the district under the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD).
Based on intelligence input, a team of Kokrajhar district police had launched operation in the area and recovered the illegal arms include two country made rifles, one 7.65 mm pistol, one magazine, four rounds of 7.65 mm pistol ammunition which were concealed under a bush.
On Wednesday, Kokrajhar district police had recovered one AK-47 rifle, 290 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 19 rounds of .303 ammunition from Bathouguri village under Balajan police outpost.