Guwahati, December 13 : The troops of Assam Rifles had recovered hugecache of arms and ammunition in Nagaland on December 12, officials said.
According to the reports, the troops of 32 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted a search operation based on specific information in general area Tenyiphe-I in Dimapur district alongwith a police representative and one point 22mm pistol with magazine, one 9mm revolver along with eight rounds live ammunition from a house.
“A suspected person identified as Aso Yimchungar was staying on rent in the house was found absconding. The recoveries were handed over to Chumukedima Police Station, Dimapur,” PRO, HQ IGAR (North) Lt Col Amitabh Sharma said.
On the other hand, the Assam Rifles troops had conducted another operation at the general area D-Khel, Diphupar along with police representative and recovered 55 live assorted rounds ammunition, 1 Misfired round and 1 Fired cartridge case and Tax Collection letter of NSCN(IM) and other incriminating documents a house.
Security personnel also recovered an Identity card of Apong Tangkhul, Tatar of NSCN (IM) from the house and later recovered items were handed over to Diphupar Police Station, Dimapur.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
