India, Oct. 28 -- Security forces in Upper Assam have achieved a major breakthrough with the surrender of a key ULFA (I) militant.

Self-styled SS Corporal Samiran Chetia, also known by the alias Prabin Asom, surrendered before Tinsukia Police on Tuesday following a coordinated joint operation.

Chetia was an active member of the banned militant outfit, the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent).

Official sources confirmed that the surrender was the result of an operation conducted jointly by Tinsukia Police and security forces, acting on specific intelligence about Chetia's movements.

"The operation was based on precise intelligence, and it was executed without any exchange of fire," a senior police official stated. They describ...