Former BLT militant shot dead in Assam

A former Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) militant was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district last, police sources said today.
    
Bhaktiraj Sarma (35) was gunned down near Tinali-Haltunga Bazar, under Kokrajhar police station, around 9 pm last night, the sources said.
    
Stating the identity of the killers was yet to be ascertained, the sources said, investigations were on and a search operation launched to track them out.
    
Sarma's body had been sent for post-mortem, the sources added.