Huge cache of arms recovered in Assam

Guwahati : A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered by the security forces in two separate incidents in Assam on Saturday, police said.

A powerful granade was recovered from the railway tracks in Guwahati.

According to report, Assam police and Railway police personnel detected the granade at track no two near platform number one in the busy railway station.

Later, it was defused by the security forces.

On the other hand, security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Gosaigaon district.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and army launched a massive operation in Goma reserve forest in the district on the wee hours of Saturday and recovered the arms.

The security forces recovered four 303 rifle, one single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, one 9 mm pistol and ammunition which was buried inside the reserve forest.