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Four women NDFB cadres held in Tezpur

By The Assam Tribune

TEZPUR, Aug 4 � Four women insurgents of the anti-talk faction of NDFB (R) were arrested along with a two-year-old child in Sonitpur district and documents containing plans of bomb blast were found in their possession, reports PTI.

The four, along with the child, were apprehended by a team led by SP Jitmol Doley at the Assam State Transport Corporation bus stop in Tezpur while they were proceeding to Myanmar via Nagaland last night. Letters by a NDFB leader regarding bomb blast plans were recovered from them, official sources said.

Police also recovered Rs 12,16,135 in cash � believed to be extortion money � from the four as well besides the letters of NDFB�s �3rd battalion� faction.

The seized documents included six letters of NDFB �vice-chairman� G Risikhang about �resolutions� of the battalion taken on May 10 and June 17 last to carry out bomb blasts on major bridges to disrupt communication and vital installations in Assam, besides proposals for sending certain NDFB ultras to Myanmar.

A mobile phone was also recovered containing numbers of senior NDFB members and the banned outfit�s headquarters in different parts of Assam.

The women were to hand over the money to yet unidentified persons for supplying arms, ammunition and explosives, the sources said.

The four were identified as Usha Ramchiary (18) of Kathalguri at Silapathar in Dhemaji district, Urmila Gayari (25) of Allaisree in Udalguri district and the other two from Sonitpur district�s Dhekiajuli are Aruna Basumatary (18) of Jiajuli and Mina Basumatary (25) of Batasipur. Aruna Basumatary is the mother of the minor child, the sources said.

Their interrogation was on and investigations are continuing.

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