Assam police have successfully intercepted a group of 20 youths attempting to establish a new militant faction and have seized a significant cache of weapons and ammunition in the Kokrajhar-Chirang forests. According to Assam DGP GP Singh, the police recovered six automatic rifles, four single-shot rifles, three pistols with magazines, five No 36 HE grenades, 54 rounds of AK rifle ammunition, and nine rounds of pistol ammunition.
“In Kokrajhar-Chirang forests, we have been able to intercept and bring out a group of 20 youths who had been trying to form a new militant group for the last three/four months. They have listened to reason and come out and handed over the weapons held by them,” GP Singh wrote on X.
He further said, “We strive to keep our state free of weapons & violence.”
The investigation is ongoing, and further details on the matter are expected.
