Explosives seized in Guwahati, one held

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Sept 1: Dispur Police on Thursday arrested a youth, 27, with a huge cache of explosives on GS Road in Six Mile area of the city. The youth, identified as Lalrochan Pangante, was arrested by police while he was traveling in an auto-rickshaw from Khapara to Guwahati Railway Station. The youth hails from Mahur in Dima Hasao district.  “A total of 206 gelatin sticks and 800 detotors and some wires have been seized from him,” said a police official. Police said he brought the explosives from Manipur and planned to take it to Dimapur by train.