TWO MILITANTS belonging to Newly floated Bodo insurgent Group, ULB were killed in an Encounter with Security forces on Saturday

DIGITAL DESK- TWO Militants belonging to Newly floated Bodo insurgent Group, United Liberation Bodoland (ULB) were killed in an Encounter with Security forces on Saturday in Kokrajhar District. According to a Police Official, Two suspected Bodo Militants were Gunned down by the Police in an encounter after they allegedly opened Fire in the wee hours on Saturday.

Sources said Acting on a Tip of about the presence of Armed Militants in the jungle, a Team of Police and Army Launched a joint operation in Lungsung forest in Kokrajhar. “When the Team had approached the Armed Militants in the Jungle, they opened Fire targeting the Security Forces. The Police retaliated and Later we found Two Persons were lying on the Ground injured. They were taken to the RNB Hospital in Kokrajhar where they were declared brought dead,” said the official. The slain Militants were identified as Jangshar Mushahary, 23 and Janak Kr Brahma, 23, from Kokrajhar.