Guwahati: Security forces busted a joint camp of militant groups NSCN(I-M) and Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) in a forest in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, defence sources said here on Saturday. Troops of the Red Horns Division of the Army, during patrolling on Friday night, came across the militant camp inside Kaki Reserve Forest area when the members were having their meal, sources said.
The militants, on sensing the advancing troops, managed to escape under the cover of darkness into the deeper part of the forest.
During the search operation, 79 rounds of AK-47 ammunition were recovered, the sources said. — PTI
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