Coochbehar, Aug 02: Three alleged Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants were killed today in an encounter with the police at Kumargramduar in Jalpaiguri district, an official said here. Three revolvers and some live cartridges were recovered from the possession of the dead militants, additional district magistrate (Alipurduar), Srikumar Mondal, said.
Acting on a tip off, a police team waited in a jute field at Dakshin Haldibari village when they found that suspected KLO militants were coming from Bhutan on bicycles. On being challenged by the police, there was an exchange of fire between both sides in which the three militants were killed on the spot, Mondal added.
Senior police officials had rushed to the spot, he added. Bureau Report