Jorhat, May 27 : An Ulfa militant suspected to be involved in demanding money from the Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council (TKAC) was nabbed with arms and ammunition by Jorhat police from Merapani area in Golaghat in the wee hours today.
The militant, identified as Palashjyoti Baruah, was apprehended from his house at number 2 Charaimari gaon of Merapani near the Assam-Nagaland border.
A 9mm pistol, bullets of AK-47 rifles, .22mm pistol, an IED, two mobile handsets and some incriminating documents with Ulfa stamps were seized from him.
Jorhat SP Sanjukta Parasor said police were investigating the extortion demand made by Ulfa to the council through its chief executive Kumud Kachari recently. Baruah’s name cropped up in the probe.
She said the police tracked the international mobile equipment identity of the handset used by Baruah to call Kachari and zeroed in on him yesterday.
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