Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- Rakhini Mipi, an RTI activist and Rifleman with the 24th Assam Rifles, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Hunli in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley district on Sunday morning, The Arunachal Times reported.

Mipi's body was found hanging in the bathroom of an Army transit camp near the Circuit House at around 7:10 am, Hunli police station officer-in-charge Inspector Mohon Mili said.

Mipi was travelling to Anini with his unit for an Armed Forces warfare exercise. The 24th Assam Rifles had reached Hunli on the evening of October 3 and was scheduled to leave for Anini the following morning.

Police have registered a case of unnatural death and launched an investigation. The body was taken to Roing for...