Guwahati:
Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and arrested two suspects at the Assam-Meghalaya border, police said on Monday. Some explosives and detonators were also recovered from the unit.
"Based on a specific tip-off, we launched a search operation in Agama area in lower Assam's Goalpara district Sunday night," said a senior official of Assam Police.
The area is located along the Assam-Meghalaya border in the district, he said.
"We have recovered about four kilograms of explosives, a detonator, some remote-control device. Two ULFA linkmen - identified as Jyotisaran Boro and Bekingson Marak - were also arrested," he said.
Investigation is on to find out if there was any plan to carry out any attacks in and around Guwahati, police said.
ULFA Garo Hills-based Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) have a strong presence in Goalpara district.