Date:26/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/26/stories/2007122655760100.htm

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Adivasi activist, 4 others nabbed in Assam

Dibrugarh (Assam): Five activists of the All-Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), including its self-styled area commander, were nabbed by the Army in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday.

They were held from different places by the 2 Bihar Regiment, Dah Division, and arms and ammunition seized, defence sources said.

The five were identified as self-styled Area Commander Akash Tirkey alias Daniel Ekka and cadres Dhoni Oraon, Chandan Bhumis, Thomas Kerketta and Samanan Tati alias Raju Tati. An improvised explosive device too was recovered. — PTI