Itanagar, Oct 22: In a major counter-insurgency success, security forces neutralised a militant belonging to the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) — ULFA (I) — during a joint operation in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh on the intervening night of October 21–22, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

According to Defence PRO, Guwahati Lt Col Mahendra Rawat, the operation was launched based on specific intelligence inputs indicating the presence of ULFA (I) cadres in the MS-6 area of Namsai district. The operation was carried out jointly by units of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles, with coordination support from the Arunachal Pradesh Police.

“During the night, security personnel established contact with suspected insurgents in the forested area of MS-6 in Namsai dis

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