Guwahati, June 27 -- Reported by Manoj Kumar Ojha

Doomdooma: In a major intelligence-led counter-insurgency operation, Assam Police on Friday claimed to have averted a suspected mass-casualty terror attack with the arrest of two active cadres of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) at Jagun in Tinsukia district.

Officials alleged that the duo had been tasked with carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Tinsukia town to spread fear and destabilise the region.

The operation was carried out by Tinsukia Police with the assistance of central security agencies following specific intelligence inputs.

The arrested militants have been identified as SS 2nd Lt. Siyor Asom alias Humenjyoti Baruah (27) of Pan...