Guwahati, June 30 -- Acting on intelligence inputs from Military Intelligence (Kolkata), security forces arrested an active member of the NSCN (K) Nikki Sumi faction while he was attempting to flee by road to Dimapur in Nagaland.

Responding quickly to the alert, a joint team of 44 Assam Rifles (Khonsa) and Arunachal Pradesh Police, with support from Jorhat Police of Assam, launched a coordinated operation. They intercepted the insurgent in Teok, located in Assam's Jorhat district, and took him into custody during the escape attempt.

During interrogation, the insurgent revealed the location of a hidden cache in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district. Acting on this lead, the joint forces raided the site and recovered a stockpile of weapons, ...