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Assam police arrest hardcore PDCK militant

| @indiablooms | Jul 28, 2018, at 08:10 pm

Guwahati, July 28 (IBNS): Security forces arrested a hardcore terrorist belonging to banned outfit People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK) from Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Saturday.

According to the reports, based on specific input about presence of hardcore PDCK militant at Sarpo Terang village under Diphu police station, a team of Karbi Anglong police launched an operation in the remote area of the state.

In the operation spanning over 6 hours, which involved crossing 5 steep mountains, the police team succeeded in apprehending one veteran PDCK militant identified as Horen Bey.

After interrogation, the militant revealed that he buried arms and ammunition inside the ground in Atur Thepi hillock area and the police team recovered it.

Police recovered one muzzle loaded gun (hand-made), one magazine (made of steel) of AK-series rifle, 139 numbers of live 7.62x 39 mm AK series ammunition, 5 numbers of SIM cards, one micro SD memory card and one Micromax Internet Dongle from the area.

The arrested militant is being interrogated by the police.

PDCK is active in Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao district and some parts of Nagaon and Hojai district.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

 


 

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