November 23, 2024 13:08 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Five HNLC militants nabbed in Karbi Anglong

Five HNLC militants nabbed in Karbi Anglong

| @indiablooms | 20 Sep 2017, 10:44 pm
Guwahati, Sept 20 (IBNS): Security forces busted a camp of Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and apprehended five militants of the outfit while recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district in the past 48 hours officials said.

Guwahati based Defence official said that, based on specific intelligence about presence of Hynnietrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) militants, troops of army and Assam Police jointly launched a series of operations at multiple locations in West Karbi Anglong District of Assam on Sept 18-19.

During the operation, security forces apprehended five HNLC militants who were on hideout in the jungle near Assam-Meghalaya border.

Security forces have recovered two G3 Rifles, one 303 Rifle, one 7.62 mm Pistol, one Single Barrel Gun, 10 Kg explosive, 40 detonators, 66 rounds of live ammunition and other warlike stores from the hideout of the outfit.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.