New Delhi, May 24 -- Law enforcement in Assam has dismantled an alleged cross-border militancy financing ring, detaining five suspects, including a prominent student group official locally and an operative in Maharashtra, authorities confirmed Sunday.

Investigators are currently working to determine the precise objectives driving this extortion machinery and identify the specific militant outfit receiving the gathered finances.

Speaking at a joint media briefing, Tinsukia's Additional Superintendent of Police Mrinmoy Das and Crime Branch official Dinesh Pratap Singh Rathore revealed that a federal intelligence bureau tipped them off about extorted capital from Tinsukia being routed out of the Northeast.

As the probe unfolded, a digital...