3 ultras sustain injuries
TURA: Police commandos in East Garo Hills have attacked a GNLA camp that was set up recently to house fresh recruits and reportedly injured three cadres during the gun battle on Sunday.
On Sunday morning, based on intelligence reports about presence of a new militant camp across the Simsang river, police launched a search operation.
As the commandos advanced towards a hillock not far from Songmagre Gittim village, close to district headquarters Williamnagar, GNLA sentries perched above spotted the raiding police party and raised the alarm. “There was a very heavy exchange of fire for some time and our boys spotted around three cadres sustaining injuries,” informed district SP Davis Nestell R Marak.
By the time the firing got over the militants had abandoned their positions and fled with their injured comrades leaving behind a hand grenade, three wireless communication handsets, GNLA documents and camp items such as food stock, bags and tents.
The hill top camp was set up on a Jhum field and is believed to have been less than two weeks old housing around 30 cadres.
According to police, the camp was run by senior cadres Rakkam, Baltius and Hebel who are believed to have been present at the time of the encounter.
The camp was reportedly set up to accommodate the general recruits of the outfit.
Three GNLA militants held in Assam
Three suspected GNLA militants were arrested from a forest area under Krishnai police station by security forces on Sunday, said a PTI report from Assam.
Acting on intelligence inputs, a joint team of Army and Assam Police launched an operation in the area along the Assam-Meghalaya border and arrested the three militants, Army officials said.
Three rifles, four cartridges and three mobile handsets were recovered from them, the officials said.