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Guwahati : Meghalaya police on Saturday had arrested two persons for allegedly hiding claymores in several places in East Garo Hills for the banned outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), officials said on Sunday.
According to the reports, based on intelligence input, the East Garo Hills district police had arrested two persons identified as Jeparson N Marak and Silchon R Sangma for their alleged activities of supplying bombs to GNLA militants.
During the interrogation, the arrested persons had revealed that some claymore boxes were buried at Achak Jankegre area and police had recovered two claymore boxes from the area.
A top official of East Garo Hills district police said that, few more persons of the area are working for the outlawed group and police has been launched operation to nab the persons.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered at Williamnagar police station relating to the matter.
GNLA is active in Garo Hills of Meghalaya and some parts of lower Assam.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
