GUWAHATI: Police on Wednesday arrested the self-styled deputy commander-in-chief of Dimasa National Revolutionary Front (DNRF), Manjit Phanglo alias Main Dimasa, and vice-chairman Nilesh Thousen alias Thairing, from the city's the Noonmati area.
Police also found a .32 pistol from Manjit's possession. Both the rebels were in the most wanted list of state police and were involved in insurgency activities. The operations wing of the police said they had been staying in the city for six months.
"They were hiding here since February and were controlling insurgency in Dima Hasao district through phone and other networking. They have a strong network with NSCN. We were looking for them for a long time," said an official of the operations wing.
"They were wanted in several kidnapping and extortion cases. We are going to interrogate them after Guwahati Police handed them over to us," said Dima Hasao SP Mugdhajyoti Mahanta.
The duo was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of one Dharmendra Yadav, an official of a stone crusher unit of Triveni Construction, on January 20 this year. Later, police rescued Yadav. DNRF militants are active in Dima Hasao district.
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