<p>Two militants were killed in a joint operation by the army and police and four militants were nabbed with a cache of explosives in two incidents in Meghalaya on Sunday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident, acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the 19 Dogra Regiment and Meghalaya Police intercepted the movement of unidentified Garo militants in and around Pach Kilo area in North Garo Hills district.<br /><br />Pach Kilo area is about 300 km west of state capital Shillong.<br />The militants fired at the security forces, triggering a gunfight in which two unidentified militants were killed, Inspector General of Police G.H.P. Raju told IANS.<br /><br />Two pistols and rounds of ammunition, a mobile handset with 3 SIM cards and several documents and medicines were recovered from the site.<br /><br />In the second incident, four militants of the Assam-based National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit (NDFB-S) faction were arrested on Sunday morning in the state's East Jaintia Hills district. <br /><br />A large quantity of explosive materials was recovered from them.<br />The Bodoland militants - Santosh Kharkekary alias K. Shimang, Bolashi Boro, Gambor Gayari and Deimalu Basumatary - were arrested by a joint police team from Assam and Meghalaya, Raju said.<br /><br />Baisa Deb Verma, was also arrested for supplying 144 gelatin sticks and 126 detonators, has been arrested from Byndihati area, the police official added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Two militants were killed in a joint operation by the army and police and four militants were nabbed with a cache of explosives in two incidents in Meghalaya on Sunday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident, acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the 19 Dogra Regiment and Meghalaya Police intercepted the movement of unidentified Garo militants in and around Pach Kilo area in North Garo Hills district.<br /><br />Pach Kilo area is about 300 km west of state capital Shillong.<br />The militants fired at the security forces, triggering a gunfight in which two unidentified militants were killed, Inspector General of Police G.H.P. Raju told IANS.<br /><br />Two pistols and rounds of ammunition, a mobile handset with 3 SIM cards and several documents and medicines were recovered from the site.<br /><br />In the second incident, four militants of the Assam-based National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit (NDFB-S) faction were arrested on Sunday morning in the state's East Jaintia Hills district. <br /><br />A large quantity of explosive materials was recovered from them.<br />The Bodoland militants - Santosh Kharkekary alias K. Shimang, Bolashi Boro, Gambor Gayari and Deimalu Basumatary - were arrested by a joint police team from Assam and Meghalaya, Raju said.<br /><br />Baisa Deb Verma, was also arrested for supplying 144 gelatin sticks and 126 detonators, has been arrested from Byndihati area, the police official added.<br /><br /></p>