Itanagar, June 23: The Arunachal Pradesh police on Saturday arrested five individuals, including three former cadres of the now-disbanded National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), in connection with a robbery attempt in the Pasighat market area of East Siang district.

The ex-cadres of NDFB have been identified as William Basumatary, Rashmi Basumatary and Basant Basumatary alias Ladum, a native of Baksa. Another two persons have been identified as- Paresh Deka alias Haathi and Mrigen Rabha of Baksa and Hatigaon area of Guwahati.

The operation was carried out by a team led by ASP Pankaj Lamba, including Pasighat PS OC Ige Lollen, SI Kuncha Tangha, and others.

Talking to reporters, East Siang District SP, Sachin Kumar Singhal, said they received specific information that an Assam-based group including surrendered cadres of NDFB planned to carry out dacoity at a shop in the Pasighat market area.

“We launched an operation and nabbed the three-NDFB cadres including another two persons. Six mobile phones a car used to execute the dacoity have been recovered. A case under Section 399/120B IPC was registered at Pasighat Police Station. We have started investigation into the case,” said Singhal.

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