Militant held with huge arms, ammunition in Assam's Tinsukia

An NSCN(R) cadre was arrested and a huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered during separate raids in Assam's Tinsukia district, police said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, Army troops launched an operation near Tirap Colliery in Ledo town and nabbed the NSCN(R) militant on Monday.

The militant has been identified as Singmai Haseng and a 7.65 mm pistol, a magazine and three rounds of ammunition have been recovered from him. He was later handed over to the police, a police officer said. In another operation, carried out jointly by the police and Army, a huge quantity of explosives were recovered from Bhim Chapari area in Sadiya on Sunday night. Operations in the district have been intensified to prevent any untoward incidents in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations, the police officer said.