Grenade

Grenade event in Assam, Mahamaya Reserve Forest under Bagribari Police Station (PS) in Kokrajhar District area, India on Wed 9th March 2022

9th March 2022

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In a two-day operation, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from Mahamaya Reserve Forest under Bagribari Police Station (PS) in Kokrajhar District of Assam, reports East Mojo on March 9. In a press conference on March 8, Special Director General of Police-cum-IGP (BTAD) L R Bishnoi stated that two Israel-made UG rifles and four magazines, 22 pressure bombs with their caps and 16 HE36 hand grenades wrapped in plastic were recovered under the forest ground. The arms and ammunition is suspected to belong to erstwhile militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).

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