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Body of suspected ULFA-I militant killed during gun fight recovered from Burhi-Dihing river

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  Kathmandu, Nepal      September 27 2018

 


Guwahati, Sep 27 : Body of a suspected ULFA-I militant was found floating at Burhi-Dihing river in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Thursday morning.

The body was spotted by local fishermen and local police had recovered the body.

Meanwhile, the corpse is yet to be identified.

The floating body with full battle fatigue along with a hand grenade fitted and suspected that, the man was shot dead during a fierce gun fight between ULFA-I militants and army near Jagun area in the upper Assam’s district along with Arunachal Pradesh border.

The gun fight took place at Kheremnala-Adarsha village near Jagun on September 24 last and army claimed that two militants were injured during the gun battle and recovered explosives from the encounter place.

Tinsukia district police has started investigation.