Guwahati: 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.
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.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 04, 2010, 22:09