Guwahati, Oct 25 (PTI): Three hardcore ULFA militants were arrested and two powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) recovered in Assam today in separate incidents, officials sources said.
Three ULFA militants belonging to the outfit's 27th Battalion were apprehended by Assam Police's Special Operation Unit (SOU) from two different places of the city.
A senior leader of the outfit Paresh Deka alias Joy, who had entered the city recently from Bangladesh, was nabbed from Kahilipara area along with a huge quantity of arms and ammunition.
In another operation, two militants, identified as Sarat Kakoty and Gautam Nath, were held from the Six Mile area. Two grenades, two Programmable Time Devices (PTDs), plastic explosives, three detonators and several documents were recovered from the militants.
In another incident, two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered from Rangiya town in Kamrup (Rural) district this morning.
