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Arms haul in Karbi Anlgong

Guwahati: Police recovered a huge cache of arms belonging to the militant outfit Black Widow — the anti-talks faction of the Dima Halam Daogah — from a sugarcane field at Nepali Basti in Karbi Anlgong district on Friday.

Guided by arrested militants, a team from the North Cachar Hills district recovered 10 AK-47s, 640 rounds of ammunition, one lethode gun and a sten gun. Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Karbi Anglong) L.R. Bisnoi told The Hindu that the recovery was made at the Nepali Basti, about 6 km off Jirikinding under the Hamren police station.

On Thursday, the police also recovered Rs.18 lakh in cash from Black Widow militants.

The recovery came close on the heels of the arrest of hardcore cadres of the Black Widow, including the third most important leader of the anti-talks outfit, Action Dimasa.

Assam Governor Lt.Gen. (retd) Ajai Singh said the Action Dimasa was the main accused in the assassination of the Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District Council Purnendu Langthasa in June this year.

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