September 13, 2026 07:11 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in focus: Modi meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince on BRICS sidelines | Xi Jinping lands in India for BRICS; big Modi meeting set for New Delhi | ‘Hospitality on another level’: South African official stunned by India’s BRICS hosting | Suvendu Adhikari eats fish bhog at Kalighat Temple amid Bageshwar Baba row | Bangladeshi Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das breaks down emotionally as he gets 5-hour parole to attend mother’s funeral | Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed quits WHO post amid fraud allegations | After days of silence, China confirms Xi Jinping’s India visit for BRICS Summit | Big setback for Abhishek Banerjee as CID arrests aide Sumit Roy | Firebrand Tukaram Mundhe’s Food Safety Blitz Hits ISKCON Juhu, 3 Licences Suspended | Vande Mataram row erupts in INDIA bloc: Congress objects, ally NC hits back, BJP pounces

Two ULFA-I militants nabbed in Assam’s Tinsukia

| @indiablooms | Aug 10, 2019, at 02:21 pm

Guwahati, Aug 10 (IBNS): Security forces have apprehended two militants of banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) in Assam’s Tinsukia district.

 

Based on a specific input from sources regarding presence of active ULFA (I) militants in general area of Mangoan Tekri in Tinsukia district  Army and Assam police had launched a joint operation.

During the operation, the security forces were successful in nabbing two militants of ULFA(I) along with two live Chinese made hand grenades.

The apprehended ULFA(I) militants were identified as self styled Corporal Polo Asom alias Rohit Kuli and Ridip Asom alias Pranab Jyok Baruah.

The nabbed insurgents along with recovered grenades were handed over to police for further investigations.

The operation is a part of the heightened levels of security ahead of Independence Day to counter the insurgent groups from disrupting peace in Upper Assam.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

 

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.