Five Arakan Liberation Party cadre held in Mizoram
[ad_1]
Five activists of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) had been apprehended by the Assam Rifles in Mizoram on Saturday and arms and ammunition had been recovered from them. This is the primary time in 4 years that the outfit’s cadre have been apprehended, an Assam Rifles official stated.
The recoveries embrace one 9mm pistol journal, one 9mm revolver, 4 grenades and 55 rounds of 9mm ammunition, the Assam Rifles stated. The operation was carried out by a joint crew of the Lunglei Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles and the Mizoram police primarily based on particular data.
An Assam Rifles official stated there have been earlier inputs of the ALP cadre establishing medical camps in the close by village of Kakichua and distributing COVID-19 important gadgets to locals as a part of their propaganda. “However, it has come to light that the medical camp was just a temporary base for their larger intent. Some of the ALP cadres were indulging in extortion by promising Rakhine nationalism and exploiting their fear for it and the Arakan Army.
“It has also come to light that they have demanded about ₹3 lakh from the village head. Realising the intensity of the situation, the local sources informed about it to the Assam Rifles.”
Real time data and swift motion of safety forces resulted in the apprehension of the cadre who had been hiding on the outskirts of the village and had been later handed over to the Lawngtlai police station, the Assam Rifles stated.
[ad_2]
