SILCHAR: Four militants - three Dimasa National Revolutionary Front (DNRF) and one from NSCN(I-M) - were killed in an encounter with the army and police on early Saturday. A huge cache of arms were found on them.
A senior police officer from Haflong, the headquarters of Dima Hasao, said jawans of 9 Madras Regiment of army and police started a joint operation at Milubra village, 16 km from Lungting in north of the district and 51 km from Haflong, acting on a tip-off by intelligence officials. The operation led to an encounter between the security forces and the militants in which the four rebels were killed. Security forces managed to apprehend another. The rest managed to flee.
Additional SP (Dima Hasao) Surjit Singh Panisar said the deceased have been identified as Abhijit Kachari (NSCN - IM), Sanjay Naiding, Reddi Dimasa and Gilli Dimasa (DNRF). The name of the arrested NSCN (IM) militant is Akeeba Sema. All are aged between 18 and 22, added Panisar.
The arms and ammunitions recovered from the militants include four AK-47 rifles, 236 rounds of ammunition, two Chinese grenades, mobile hand sets and a number of receipt books meant for extortion by the NSCN (IM).
Sources said while the arrested militant is being interrogated at Lungting police station, the bodies of four militants were being brought to Haflong Civil Hospital for autopsy.
Sources said DNRF, a Dimasa outfit, joined hands with NSCN (IM) recently. The two outfits were engaged in extortion activities in different parts of the hill district for more than a year now.
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