Guwahati, May 29 (PTI) The chairman of militant outfit the United People's Revolutionary Front (UPRF) was apprehended from Manja in East Karbi Anglong district of Assam, defence sources said.

Acting on an information, a unit of the Red Horns division launched a search operation with the police in Manja on Sunday and the UPRF chairman was caught, the sources said yesterday.

A .75 mm pistol, ammunition and a rubber stamp of the UPRF were recovered from him.

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