Two held with pistol in Dibrugarh

Dibrugarh: Troops of the Assam Rifles and 166 Territorial Army apprehended two persons for possessing a .22 pistol with four rounds of live bullets at Dhaman Tinthengia in the Tingkhong area of Dibrugarh district on Sunday, said police.
The two men belong to the Salmari tea estate and have been identified as Mileswar Kisan alias Sunil (38) and Shampad Cheruwa alias Rahul (30). They were handed over to the Tingkhong police and booked under Section 25 (1) (a) of the Arms Act, the police said.
Dibrugarh additional SP (headquarters) Bitul Chetia said the two men might have links with the All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) or Maoists in the state. The AANLA, formed in 2006, has an estimated strength of around 100 members from the state’s tea tribe community. TNN