A senior Assam Rifles official said a massive counter insurgency operation is on in the area to track down the fleeing militants.

Troops of Assam Rifles today rescued two civilians after a fierce gunbattle between insurgents and Assam Rifles personnel near the Indo-Myanmar international border in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The two individuals were engaged in a road construction work at Laho village under Dadam police station when a group of 5 to 6 militants kidnapped them last evening.

On receiving the information, Assam Rifles immediately launched a massive search operation in the area so that the militants cannot take the kidnapped duo to Myanmar.

Early this morning, the Assam Rifles personnel located the site where the militants were hiding along with the kidnapped duo. On

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