Rangiya: A suspected ULFA militant was
killed in an encounter with a joint team of army and police in
lower Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district today and arms were
recovered from him.
On a tip off, the security forces launched an
operation in Moumin area, under Boko police station along the
Assam-Meghalaya border early this morning, official sources
said.
When the joint team asked the ultra to halt after
being spotted, he fired at the security men who also
retaliated killing him on the spot, the sources said.
An AK-56 rifle, an improvised explosive device (IED)
weighing five kg and a kitbag were recovered from the slain
extremist.
The body of the insurgent, suspected to be from ULFA's
709 battalion, was sent for postmortem.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 18:19