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NDFB insurgent killed in Assam

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Friday, November 6, 2009 16:29 IST
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Guwahati: An NDFB insurgent was killed in an encounter with the police in lower Assam's Goalpara district along the Assam-Meghalaya border in the early hours today and a pistol was recovered from his person.


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The encounter took place when the police launched a search there following a tip off that militants of the outfit were present at Rongjuli area.

A group of six ultras fired at the security forces, who retaliated killing one of them on the spot.

The rest five extremists fled with dawn yet to break and a search was launched to track them.

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