India, May 24 -- The Assam Police, in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), have arrested a suspected commander of the banned militant group United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), or ULFA-I, and recovered some firearms, officials said.

The superintendent of police (SP), Tinsukia, Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, said that the self-styled brigadier of ULFA-I, identified as Rupam Asom, was arrested from the Lekhapani area of Tinsukia early on Saturday.

"He was involved in various extortions, arms smuggling and other activities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. He was directly involved in the killing of a police officer, and we had been tracking him for several months," Gaurav said.

He said, based on ...