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SHILLONG, May 3 (PTI): Myanmar has become the major source of arms for Northeast militant groups, mostly for those in Assam, Meghalaya police has claimed.
“We have inputs that militant groups often use the city for transaction of arms and weapons which are brought mostly from Myamnar through Mizoram,” Shillong Superintendent of Police Claudia Lyngwa said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, Meghalaya police yesterday arrested two sympathisers of the banned Black Widow group who were coming to Shillong from Assam’s North Cachar Hills district and seized Rs 50 lakh from their vehicle that was meant to purchase a consignment of arms brought from Myanmar. “The way the money was hidden in a specially-made compartment in the vehicle, it appeared that they frequently used the route for such arms deals,” Lyngwa said.
Some militant groups of Myanmar like Kachin Independence Army, which have close links with outfits of the Northeast, supply these arms, some of which are also brought from China, the official said, citing instances of seizure of arms manufactured in the country. An Assam police official said that they had inputs that the arms are brought through Mizoram by dealers based in that state, which has a 400-km porous border with Myanmar. About 80 per cent of the arms and weapons for militant groups in the region come from Myanmar, he added.
Source: MORUNG EXPRESS
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“We have inputs that militant groups often use the city for transaction of arms and weapons which are brought mostly from Myamnar through Mizoram,” Shillong Superintendent of Police Claudia Lyngwa said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, Meghalaya police yesterday arrested two sympathisers of the banned Black Widow group who were coming to Shillong from Assam’s North Cachar Hills district and seized Rs 50 lakh from their vehicle that was meant to purchase a consignment of arms brought from Myanmar. “The way the money was hidden in a specially-made compartment in the vehicle, it appeared that they frequently used the route for such arms deals,” Lyngwa said.
Some militant groups of Myanmar like Kachin Independence Army, which have close links with outfits of the Northeast, supply these arms, some of which are also brought from China, the official said, citing instances of seizure of arms manufactured in the country. An Assam police official said that they had inputs that the arms are brought through Mizoram by dealers based in that state, which has a 400-km porous border with Myanmar. About 80 per cent of the arms and weapons for militant groups in the region come from Myanmar, he added.
Source: MORUNG EXPRESS
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