Seven militants of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) were arrested from Chakrashila reserve forest in Kokrajhar District of Assam on May 7, reports The Telegraph. The arrestees were identified as ‘area commander’ Lankeshwar Koch alias Lambu, Sukit Barman, Sanjit Barman, Mamin Ray, Biplob Barman, Panchanon Ray and Gautam Ray. Seven pistols, seven magazines, 24 live bullets, five empty cartridges and extortion notes were recovered from the arrestees. The KLO militants were trying to gain prominence after the surrender of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The KLO’s objective is to carve out a separate Kamtapur State comprising six Districts, including Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, North and South Dinajpur and Malda of Bengal and four contiguous districts of Assam, including Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Goalpara.