Security forces gunned down a suspected ULFA(I) militant in a fierce gunfight with Assam Rifles personnel at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday night.

The exchange of fire took place in the 6 Mile area under Namsai police station in Namsai district.

“Assam Rifles had received a tip-off regarding the presence of six to seven ULFA(I) cadres in the 6 Mile–Lekang Khampti area. Based on the information, an operation was launched. During the encounter, one ULFA(I) militant was neutralised,” said a police official.

Sources said the group of suspected ULFA(I) militants belonged to the same unit that had recently carried out an attack on an Army Company Operating Base (COB) in Kakopathar, Tinsukia district of Assam, last week.

As the Assam Rifles team approached the location, they came unde

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