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Assam : Security forces recover 29 handmade grenades from Adivasi militant

| | Jul 23, 2017, at 01:37 am
Guwahati, July 22 (IBNS): Security forces on Saturday apprehended an Adivasi militant and recovered 29 handmade grenades in possession from him in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, officials said.

A top official of Kokrajhar district police said that following a tip-off, police and CRPF troops had jointly launched an operation at Malbhug village under Kachugaon police station in the lower Assam district and nabbed the militant.

The nabbed militant was identified as Suphal Hebram and he is the self styled commander of newly floated outfit group Adivasi Dragon Fighter (ADF).

Security personnel recovered 29 numbers handmade grenade, one handmade rifle, ammunition in possession from him.

Police continued interrogating him to collect more information about the militant group.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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