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Assam: Police recovers 9 IEDs, one gun from Nagaon, two persons arrested

| | Aug 31, 2017, at 02:20 am
Guwahati, Aug 30 (IBNS) : Security forces on Wednesday recovered 9 Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) and arms-ammunition from middle Assam’s Nagaon district and arrested two persons in connection with it.

According to the reports, following a tip-off, police and army had jointly lauched operation at Tuktuki area near Dhing in the middle Assam district and recovered 9 IEDs, one gun, six rounds live ammunition from a house owned by Abu Sahid.

Security forces had arrested Abu Sahid and his associate Babul Ali in connection with the recovery.

Nagaon police suspected that, both arrested persons are linked with some militant group and they had carried the explosive to trigger a major attack.

Police has started investigation to find out more information.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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