Guwahati: A suspected self-styled Sergeant Major of proscribed militant outfit United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) was killed by the Army and Assam Rifles in a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai district on Wednesday.
A defence spokesman said that on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, an operation was launched by Army and Assam Rifles units and then established contact with terrorists at 6 Mile Lekang Khampti areas in Namsai district.
The search conducted after first light revealed one dead body of a militant, identified as Iwon Axom, a self-styled Sergeant Major of ULFA-I. One Rifle, one rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) round, and three rucksacks were recovered along with the body of the militant from the spot.
The spokesman said that, after the recovery of the militant’s body and arms and ammunition, the operation was further intensified and is still underway. Additional columns of security forces have also been incorporated with columns of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
The outfit had carried out an attack at an army COB in Kakopathar in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district on October 17.
A defence spokesman said that on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, an operation was launched by Army and Assam Rifles units and then established contact with terrorists at 6 Mile Lekang Khampti areas in Namsai district.
The search conducted after first light revealed one dead body of a militant, identified as Iwon Axom, a self-styled Sergeant Major of ULFA-I. One Rifle, one rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) round, and three rucksacks were recovered along with the body of the militant from the spot.
The spokesman said that, after the recovery of the militant’s body and arms and ammunition, the operation was further intensified and is still underway. Additional columns of security forces have also been incorporated with columns of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
The outfit had carried out an attack at an army COB in Kakopathar in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district on October 17.
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