Rabha National Liberation Army 'commander-in-chief' Deepak Rabha arrested

GUWAHATI: The 'commander-in-chief' of outlawed Rabha National Liberation Army, Deepak Rabha, was apprehended by a joint Army and Assam Police team today from Chirang district of Assam.

The Army and police launched an operation on specific intelligence inputs from the Military Intelligence agencies and nabbed the RNLA self-styled commander-in-chief, also known as Poko, Defence officials said.

One 7.65 mm pistol, ammunition and a hand grenade were recovered from him.

He was wanted in several cases including for planting an improvised explosive devise (IED) on railway tracks near Krishnai in February last year and a suspected attack on an Army convoy in 2013 and for various extortion and other subversive activities, they said.

Deepak was also known to have links with ULFA (Independent) leader Drishti Rajkhowa and has been trained with the fourth batch of ULFA(I), the officials added.