Banned outfit hideout busted in Arunachal Pradesh
Guwahati, Jan 6 (IBNS): Security forces have busted a temporary camp of banned outfit United Liberaion Fron of Assam – Independent (ULFA-I) in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday night, officials said.
Kohima based Defence PRO Colonel Chiranjeet Konwer said that, based on intelligence input, Assam Rifles’s Jairampur battalion of security forces under the aegis of DAO division had launched operation in Namdapha Reserve Forest area in Arunachal Pradesh and busted a temporary hideout of the banned outfit.
“The operation was launched based on specific intelligence about presence of militants trying to terrorize and attempting extortion in Miao circle. The Jairampur battalion swiftly launched an operation and surrounded the temporary hideout and in subsequent search recovered blank extortion notes, opium and other administrative stores from the area. The militants had been using the hideout as place of transit and had been terrorizing and carrying out extortion from villagers of Miao circle,” Colonel Konwer said.
“Close on the heels of the 68th Republic Day, security Forces continue to maintain a very high vigil ensuring peace and tranquility. Security forces has been carrying out aggressive operations in South Arunachal Pradesh and this action has struck a blow to the extortion activities being carried out by the underground cadres of the group in the area,” the Defence PRO said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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