August 16, 2026 09:46 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe

Top Karbi militant leader surrendered

| | Jul 17, 2015, at 01:45 am
Guwahati, July 16 (IBNS): A top leader of Karbi militant group Karbi People Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and a cadre laid down arms before police in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Thursday, officials said.

Assam police CPRO Rajib Saikia said that self styled deputy C-in-C of the outfit Saron Kelling alias Stanley Kelling and his associate Pangri Timung alias Harison surrendered before police in Diphu of the hill district.

The militant duo deposited one AK-56 rifle with magazine and 23 rounds ammunition.

KPLT is involved extortion, kidnapping in Karbi Anglong, Nagaon districts.

The militant group killed SP of Hamren police district Nityananda Goswami in last year.

On other hand, Assam police DGP Khagen Sarma said that, police army and other security agencies will continue massive joint operation against militants in Assam.

(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.