Guwahati: Four cadres of the banned militant outfit Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) were arrested by the Assam Police for their suspected involvement in a grenade attack that occurred in the Kokrajhar area last December.
Following an exhaustive four-month operation launched immediately after the grenade attack, law enforcement personnel successfully apprehended the suspects, as per a report by the Hindustan Times.
The incident, which transpired on December 9 last year, saw a grenade hurled at a local shop amid reports of multiple extortion complaints attributed to the KLO operatives.
“Based on a complaint by the owner of the shop, a case was registered and these four were identified. We have now arrested them, and further investigation will follow,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Pushpraj Singh of Kokrajhar was quoted.
The operation spanned Lower Assam.
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Subsequent to the attack, the shop owner filed a formal complaint, prompting a thorough investigation by authorities. The four individuals were identified as Kanak Adhikari (26), Arjun Roy (19), Prasenjit Roy (26), and Anupam Roy (34), all residents of Kokrajhar’s Dotma area.
The accused are facing charges under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
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