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ULFA(I) rebel arrested in Dibrugarh

NAMRUP: Despite a stepped up anti counter insurgency operation, rebels have been moving in Dibrugarh unleashing terror among a section of the people in the form of extortion. The police have capture an ULFA(I) rebel during an operation on Friday.

Acting on a tip off, a team of police raided a house in Bongalgaon where top rebel Gunjan Asom was picked up. Police further claimed to have seized a crude bomb from his possession. Interrogation is going on to extract more information on the current movement of the rebels in the upper Assam districts.   

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