Islamic rebel held with explosives
From our Staff Reporter
SILCHAR, Oct 4: The Army apprehended one Abdul Bari (32) from the Cachar-NC Hills border with a huge quantity of explosives today. Bari, suspected to be a militant working for some Islamic fundamentalist groups, hails from Bihara in Cachar district. He has been handed over to Haflong police.
According to sources, Bari was carrying 176 detonators, including 76 electrical detonators, 12.5 kg gelatine sticks, safety fuse wire and 110 ft cortex from Cachar to NC Hills when he was arrested.
Army sources told The Sentinel that Bari confessed that he had procured the explosives from Meghalaya and that he had sold explosives to some unidentified Muslim youths in Meghalaya earlier. This in an indication that some Muslim militant outfits have been using the Meghalaya sector of the Indo-Bangladesh border to smuggle explosives and arms into the Northeast. Local Muslim youths are being used in this practice. The Army intelligence earlier cautioned the civil administration that Muslim fundamentalists have been planning to strike the Northeast during the Durga Puja, and the recent Agartala serial blasts have proved the Army report right.
Sources said Bari will be interrogated to ascertain the outfits for which he was carrying the assignment of arms to NC Hills.
Meanwhile, 57 Mountain Brigade of Army has intensified its vigil in all entry points to Silchar. The Cachar district administration has urged the Army to keep strict vigil on the probable hideouts of various militant outfits in the fringe areas of Cachar. source: sentinel assam
From our Staff Reporter
SILCHAR, Oct 4: The Army apprehended one Abdul Bari (32) from the Cachar-NC Hills border with a huge quantity of explosives today. Bari, suspected to be a militant working for some Islamic fundamentalist groups, hails from Bihara in Cachar district. He has been handed over to Haflong police.
According to sources, Bari was carrying 176 detonators, including 76 electrical detonators, 12.5 kg gelatine sticks, safety fuse wire and 110 ft cortex from Cachar to NC Hills when he was arrested.
Army sources told The Sentinel that Bari confessed that he had procured the explosives from Meghalaya and that he had sold explosives to some unidentified Muslim youths in Meghalaya earlier. This in an indication that some Muslim militant outfits have been using the Meghalaya sector of the Indo-Bangladesh border to smuggle explosives and arms into the Northeast. Local Muslim youths are being used in this practice. The Army intelligence earlier cautioned the civil administration that Muslim fundamentalists have been planning to strike the Northeast during the Durga Puja, and the recent Agartala serial blasts have proved the Army report right.
Sources said Bari will be interrogated to ascertain the outfits for which he was carrying the assignment of arms to NC Hills.
Meanwhile, 57 Mountain Brigade of Army has intensified its vigil in all entry points to Silchar. The Cachar district administration has urged the Army to keep strict vigil on the probable hideouts of various militant outfits in the fringe areas of Cachar. source: sentinel assam
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