Acting on specific information, police conducted search operation and the four militants were arrested when they were coming from Nagaland to Sonitpur in a long distance bus from the bridge, connecting Nagaon and Sonitpur districts, yesterday, Sonitpur Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parasar said.
The militants, all hailing from Sonitpur district, were coming to guide a batch of 20 new NDFB(S) cadres who were recruited from various places of Sonitpur and its nearby districts. The recruits, taking shelter in a bordering area of Nagaland, were to enter Assam with the help of the ultras, police said.