Goalpara/TURA: Two suspected militants of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were killed in an encounter with a joint team of police and Army in lower Assam’s Goalapara district, police said on Sunday.
The security forces had launched a search operation on a tip-off about the presence of the extremists in Borjhora village, under Lakhipur police station, and cordoned off the area.
On coming face to face with the security team around 11 pm on Saturday night, the ultras opened fire and in the retaliatory shooting the two were killed.
A 7.26 mm pistol with 11 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the slain militants, who are yet to be identified.
RDX, pistol recovered from encounter site
Garo Hills police have recovered 200 gms of RDX explosive along with 48 detonators and a pistol from the site of Saturday evening’s encounter with GNLA militants in which one ultra was shot dead in Salmanpara village.
Tura police’s SWAT commandos entered South West Garo Hills district of Ampati and killed GNLA corporal Lilu T Sangma while second cadre Habing Ch Marak surrendered. An NDFB militant with the group managed to escape.
On Sunday morning, police managed to recover 200 grams of RDX explosive while 48 detonators were recovered on Saturday night itself. A pistol left behind by surrendered cadre Habing Marak was also retrieved from a jungle near the house where the encounter took place.
Habing hails from Lokaichar area of Mahendranganj and revealed that the group was planning to kidnap traders, extort from markets and even use explosives to target security forces travelling on the road in the region.
The total number of seized items from the encounter site include one AK 47 rifle with 84 live ammunition, empty cases and magazines, hand sets, and GNLA documents along with identity card of the GNLA corporal Lilu T Sangma who was shot dead. It is also revealed that Lilu was behind the killing of two villagers in Mikdikgre village of Chokpot region last year. He allegedly orchestrated the murder on the orders of then area commander Reding Marak. (PTI and Our Correspondent)