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Police have arrested four persons, including a woman, in connection with the recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Lakhipur area in south Assamโ€™s Cachar district close to the Manipur border.

The IED was recovered by Cachar district police on November 23 at Jujam near the Lakhipur area in Cachar district.

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Cachar district SP Ramandeep Kaur said that four persons including a woman who worked as a source for the Manipur-based insurgent group Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army (PLA) were arrested by police in connection with the detection of the IED.

“Of the four arrested persons include a 39-year-old woman who is a resident of Joypur in Lakhipur area and she is a source of the PLA,โ€ SP Kaur said.

The arrested woman has been identified as Rakibul Nessa.

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She further said that preliminary investigation suggested that the IED was planted in the area to target Manipur officials.

โ€œWe have registered a case in connection with the detection of an IED and during investigation, we have arrested four persons, including a woman so far,โ€ Kaur said.