Suspected HPC (P) cadre nabbed at Hmarkhawlien; rifles, bullets, daggers recovered

A suspected cadre of the Hmar People’s Convention (President) was apprehended from Hmarkhawlien under Lakhipur constituency in Cachar district on Tuesday.

The cadre was identified as Lalbia Kung (26), who hails from Lakhipur.

Sources said an operation was conducted jointly based on specific information by the sub-divisional police officer, Lakhipur and 37 Assam Rifles around 10:30am on Tuesday morning at Hmarkhawlien, around 33km from Silchar, from where Kung was nabbed.

On grilling the cadre, he told about a house at Gobindanagar, a nearby village. Thereafter, the cops went to the house and carried out a search operation following which a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.

The cache included one AK-56 rifle, one M-33 rifle, 53 rounds of 7.55 bullets, 10 rounds of 5.56mm bullets, two magazines, two binoculars, four cheque books, four daggers, three pairs of hunting shoes, around Rs. 22,000 in cash and many other items, sources said.