Digboi, Aug. 12 -- Security forces in Assam's Tinsukia district arrested an alleged linkman of the banned ULFA (I) during an intensified operation ahead of Independence Day celebrations.

The arrest took place on Tuesday morning in Digboi after receiving specific intelligence about the movements of suspected operatives in the area.

Security forces apprehended the alleged linkman, who has a history of association with the banned ULFA group, from Raiding village, located near Tingrai, the site of the nation's 79th Independence Day celebrations

The Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) in Tinsukia and his team made the arrest, finding the suspect in an agricultural field.

The individual, identified as a former member of the U...