Arms factory busted in Assam

From IBNS

Tezpur, August 11 (IBNS) : An arms factory was busted and two women cadres
of militant group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were arrested
by security forces in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and army launched an operation
at Jugibeel under Rongapara police station in the district of
Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border area early Wednesday.

''We had specific information and launched the operation, where security
forces busted an arms making factory inside the dense forested ,about 15 kms
from Rongapara,'' Sonitpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitmol Doley said.

Security forces recovered huge quantities of gun making items, barrels,
explosives from the busted factory.

Security forces also nabbed two women cadres of anti-talk faction bodo rebel
group of NDFB.

''Four other militants managed to flee from the site with the help of
darkness,'' police said.

In intelligence report, more than 150 hardcore NDFB militants took shelter
and constructed four camps in the dense forest area of Arunachal Pradesh.

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