NDFB militant working as security guard in NHPC nabbed

A NDFB militant, working as a security guard in National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, was apprehended by the police in Assam's Lakhimpur district, police said.

A NDFB militant, working as a security guard in National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, was apprehended on Thursday by the police in Assam's Lakhimpur district, police said.

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The militant was nabbed after his name was mentioned in a diary recovered during an encounter with a group of NDFB militants in neighbouring Dhemaji district on January 29 last.

The apprehended militant has been identified as Bhadreswar Ramchiary who was working as a security guard at NHPC's Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gogamukh.

The militant was allegedly involved in extorting money from other employees' of the project and providing logistic support to other members of the outfit, sources added.