Securityforces and suspected ULFA (I) militants exchanged fire on Sunday morning nearKhandu area along the Assam-Arunachal border in Tinsukia district. According toreports, the incident took place when the suspected militants sighted thesecurity forces at a distance and resorted to unwarranted firing to make wayfor a safe escape in the thick bushes.

According to Khandu villagers, a fierce gun battle took place at dawn which woke up the villagers of the nearby areas from their sleep. The forces were carrying out an anti-insurgency operation in the area.

"However,there is no report of casualty on either side," informed sources in the policedepartment.