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Guwahati : A top leader of banned NDFB (S) was gunned down in a gun fight with security forces in Assam’s Chirang district on Sunday evening, officials said.
Based on specific intelligence with regards to presence of a militant camp in the dense jungles of Manas reserve forest, army troops along with Assam police had jointly launched operation at the area at around 1-30 pm on Sunday.
'On the identification of the location, the party moved towards the area and observed a Black Tarpaulin, as the column was taking position to cordon off the area, it was subjected to heavy automatic fire from that direction. The column retaliated with controlled fire, in which a militant was killed,'Â an army official said.
The slain militant was identified as Jwrimiya Muchahary alias M Jwrimin and security personnel recovered one M16 automatic rifle, a 9mm Baretta pistol in addition to a large quantity of ammunition and other warlike stores in possession from him.
Jwrimiya Muchahary alias M Jwrimin was Self Styled Commanding Officer of 3rd battalion of NDFB(S) and he was recently appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the outlawed.
'The individual was deeply involved in the Adavasi massacre of December 23, 2014 and the gruesome killing of the innocent Bodo girl Priya Basumatari in August 2014 on the suspicion of being an informer,'Â the army official said.
Top army and police officials had rushed to the area and cordoned the jungle area.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
