Guwahati: Arunachal Pradesh has witnessed 38 per cent rise in militancy-related incidents between 2015 and 2016 despite not having an insurgent group operating out of the frontier state. A report of the Union home ministry says 50 incidents of violence were reported in Arunachal Pradesh in 2016 compared to 36 in the previous year. There are reports of forcible recruitment by the NSCN factions in the state," said the home ministry's annual report in 2016-17. The Centre extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in the three districts of Arunachal Pradesh following insurgency-related incidents. The northeastern states share 5,484km of international border of which a stretch of 520km is in Arunachal Pradesh.

Source: The Telegraph November 16, 2017 19:52 UTC