Guwahati: Two hardcore militants belonging to the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) NDFB (S) were killed in an encounter with a joint team of Army and police inside Kachugaon Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district in western Assam in the wee hours on Saturday.
Police officials in Kokrajhar informed that the encounter started around midnight and lasted till the wee hours.
The militants were taking shelter in a jungle camp which was busted by the security men following the encounter.
The slain militants were identified as Gaurow Narzary and Ronjasula of the banned NDFB(S) group of militants.
The police and the army recovered one AK 47 assault rifle with twenty-one rounds of ammunition, one pistol with three rounds of ammunition, one magazine, food items, blankets, tarpaulins, mobile phones, Rs 6000 in cash from the camp of the NDFB slain militants.
