Defence sources said that acting on specific inputs regarding the movement of cadres of NSCN (K-Nikki), a joint operation was launched by the Assam Rifles and Arunachal Pradesh police on Thursday night at Noitong village in which a cadre of the militant outfit was neutralised in the ensuing encounter.
Two weapons and war-like stores were recovered from the spot while few other militants fled.
–IANS
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