GUWAHATI: A relentless drive by the Assam Police against illegal weapons has led to a series of successful operations in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in western Assam over the past few weeks, the latest being the recovery of a cache of arms, ammunitions and walkie talkie (WT) sets from Nepalpara Rubber Bagan in Udalguri district during an early morning search on Tuesday.
Sources, said that acting on a tip off, Udalguri police conducting a search and recovered an AK series rifle, four pistols, an unspecified quantity of ammunition and two walkie talkie sets from the area.
Exactly a week back (on August 18), Chirang police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition during a special operation launched at Khagrabari village under Runikhata police station of Chirang district in BTAD.
Security forces in the run-up to Independence Day earlier this month, police had recovered huge caches of arms and ammunition from different places in BTAD, including Baksa, Udalguri and Chirang districts.
A day after Independence Day, Kokrajhar police recovered five AK Rifles, one INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) rifle, one MMG (medium machine gun) with chain, five pistols and a huge quantity of ammunition from Saraibil and Sarfanguri areas of Kokrajhar in BTAD.
“The quest continues. In Kokrajhar, jungles yielded another hidden consignment,” additional director general of police (law and order), G.P Singh had tweeted then.
On Tuesday also, Singh praised the police team in BTAD for the series of successful operations to thwart militant activities in BTAD.
Earlier, on August 10, police seized arms and ammunition from Panijani part 2 jungle area under Tulsibil outpost of Gossaigaon police station in Kokrajhar district.
Arms recoveries in the four BTAD districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri have, for a fact, been frequent especially after the NDFB factions signed the Bodo peace accord on January 27 this year.