Two suspected extremists belonging to United A'chick Liberation Army (UALA) along with a cache of arms and ammunition were nabbed from Meghalaya in a joint operation of the Police and the Army.
"In a joint operation conducted by Army and Meghalaya Police, two hardcore terrorists of United A'chick Liberation Army (UALA) were apprehended near village Birubari in North West Garo Hills District on May 20," a Defence spokesperson said in a statement.
The arrested terrorists have been identified as Arnes Momin alias Dikdik and Lepin R Sangma alias Dilsang Sangma, who was the Platoon Commander of Goalpara district in Assam.
"One 7.65 mm pistol, one country made shot gun, few rounds of ammunition, a motorcycle and other materials were recovered from him," the official said.
The apprehended terrorists were close associates of Sinbirth Momin alias Norok, the 'C-in-C' of UALA and were involved in the Gandabari massacre of November 2013 wherein seven Rabha people were killed.
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