Exchange of fire between AR and NLFT, arms recovered

Agartala, Sep 22 (UNI) A fierce exchange of fire took place between the Assam Rifles (AR) jawans and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) Biswamohan faction at Gandachera in Dhalai district yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off about movement of militants in the area, AR jawans of the 15th batallion launched a search operation. On reaching a certain spot, the militants numbering about 30 began firing indiscriminately at the search party. The jawans retaliated forcing the militants to flee from the spot.

A huge cache of arms, including one 2 inch mortar besides, two wireless sets and a few binoculars were recovered.

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