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Four KLO militants arrested

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
Four militants of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), including an 'area commander' and a 'deputy area commander', were arrested and a cache of arms and ammunitions recovered from them by a joint team of army and Assam Police in Kokrajhar district.

According to a Defence release a joint search was launched last night and four KLO militants were apprehended from Kalipukhri village.

The apprehended militants included the area commander of Kokrajhar, Mridul Roy alias Surjakoch, and the deputy, Dhananjay Roy alias Dhorkha.

The other two militants have been identified as Kanak Roy and Konu Jeet Roy.

The team also seized four pistols, three hand grenades, few rounds ammunitions, some documents and extortion notices, the release added.

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First Published: Jun 01 2016 | 1:07 AM IST

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