Guwahati, May 20 : Security forces apprehended six rebels of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in Assam's Goalapara district on Monday, police said.
According to report, following a tip-off, police had launched operation at Rongjuli area in the district along Assam-Meghalaya border and apprehended the militants.
'The militants were nabbed, when they had been trying to abduct a businessman from the area,' a top police official said.
Security forces recovered seven pistols, two hand grenades, ammunition in possession of them.
GNLA militants are active in the bordering area and involved in abduction, extortions.
(Report By Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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