NE militant hide-outs busted in Dimapur

Kohima, Oct 7 (UNI) In a major breakthrough Dimapur police has busted the hide-outs of the All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) and Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) arresting five persons in this connection.

Official sources said police yesterday raided a house in the Burma Camp area of Dimapur and arrested a AANLA cadre along with two Chinese grenades, one round each of 7.62 SLR and AK-47 bullets, a toy rifle, various demand notes served to Asom tea gardeners and receipts books.

The arrested AANLA cadre on interrogation revealed that AANLA had ties with KRA to train their cadres in the Singhashan Pahar in Asom's Karbi Anglong district against Rs 5000 per cadre a month.

He also said the two grenades, seized by the police, were procured from KRA at the cost of Rs 7000 each.

On information provided by the arrested cadre, police raided another hide-out in Half Nagarjan area of Dimapur town and arrested four KRA militants along with some incriminating documents.

The arrested KRA cadres confessed that they provided training to the AANLA cadres against payment.

The investigation was on to apprehend all the members of the outfits in Dimapur.

The AANLA operates mainly in Asom's Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts while the KRA operates in Manipur.

The Police is investigating to find out arrested cadres association with the series of bomb blasts in Dimapur town in the last few months.

This is third such instance when Dimapur police has busted the camps of militant organisations active in the state.

Earlier, police had neutralised the hideout of Intelligence Wing of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and the camp of the Peoples United Liberation Front (PULF) in Dimapur.

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