Three persons who allegedly belong to an ethnic
insurgent outfit that has claimed responsibility for the July 10
derailment of the Guwahati-Puri Jagannath Express, were arrested on
Saturday from Assam’s Baksa district.
The self-styled
deputy chief commandant of the Adivasi Peoples Army, Silva Orang, was
arrested from the Menoka tea estate in Baganpara area by the police and
personnel of the 7 Dogra Regiment, Additional Superintendent of Police
Sapnanil Deka said.
Orang was interrogated and based
on information provided by him, two other insurgents of the group were
arrested from the same area, he said.
Interrogation of six APA cadres who were detained on Wednesday after the blast was continuing.
Two
of them, Mathews Marandi and Anthony Orang, were picked up from Menoka
tea estate and the others from Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district.
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