Information About Incident 43544-83963-210050 in Karnal India

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On July 15, 2005, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers arrested the four HNLC militants from Karaballa point under Sylhet District after they entered Bangladesh through Karimganj sector in Assam.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Bangladesh Karaballa Sylhet District Bangladesh Assam
• Matched District: Karnal
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Bangladesh Rifles ( BDR ) troopers
• Subject: the four HNLC militants

Context

This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.

Four cadres of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) were convicted of arms smuggling and imprisoned for 17 years in Bangladesh, said Additional Director General of Meghalaya Police (Special Branch) S. K. Jain on May 2, reports Times of India. Sketchy reports from various networks confirmed that the four convicted Indians in Bangladesh are members of the outlawed HNLC, said Jain. On April 29, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge of Sylhet-I convicted Robin (35), Mill (28), Over (25) and Star (24) - all hailing from Shillong - in a five-year-old case of arms smuggling. All the four, Jain said, were wanted by the Meghalaya Police for their involvement in the biggest bank robbery in Jaintia Hills District on January 24, 2005. On July 15, 2005, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers arrested the four HNLC militants from Karaballa point under Sylhet District after they entered Bangladesh through Karimganj sector in Assam. The BDR recovered from their possession an AK 56 rifle, three grenades, two 9-mm pistols, 316 bullets and four magazines of AK 56 rifle, 328 bullets and three magazines of 9-mm pistol, INR 3,000 and BDT 2,700. According to the Police official, the HNLC is closely linked to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT).

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