Guwahati, June 2: The Assam police have apprehended a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on Saturday.

The arrested cadre has been identified as Mridul Barman, a resident of Charaideo.

According to police, Barman had alleged connections with the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I).

Barman was arrested on specific inputs from the police and was traced in Sivasagar.

The Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) is a separatist militant outfit that operates in the northeastern region of India, primarily in the states of Assam and West Bengal.

The KLO was formed in 1995 with the objective of fighting for the rights and autonomy of the Kamtapuri-speaking people, who predominantly reside in the region. The organization advocates for cultural, linguistic, and political rights for the community. The group aims to establish a separate state “Kamtapur” comprising parts of these two states.

“We have arrested him on the basis of secret inputs. We have started our interrogation. He is in our custody,” said a police official.