Security forces gun down a ULFA (I) militant in a fierce gun battle between security forces led by Assam Rifles personnel at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday night.

The fierce gunbattle took place at 6 Mile area under Namsai police station in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh. As per sources, Assam Rifles had received an tip-off regarding the presence of six to seven members of Ulfa(I) cadres in the 6 Mile Lekang Khampti area. Based upon the information, the Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation. During the operation one Ulfa(I) militant was neutralised,” said an police official.

According to sources, this group of suspected Ulfa( I) militants were from the same group which had recently carried out an attack at an army COB in Kakopathar in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia distric

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