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NDFB linkmen arrested in Dhubri

On the night of May 22, 19th Madras Regiment of Army arrested two persons as NDFB linkmen from Kamalajhar under Gauripur police station of Dhubri district. They are Abdul Sattar (30) and Abdul Munnaf (32). Army claimed to have recovered a few live cartridges and a hand made pistol from them. They were handed over to the Gauripur thana on Monday.

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