SILCHAR: Security forces gunned down the chairman of the Dima National Democratic Front (DNDF), a Dimasa militant outfit, during an encounter in southern Assam's Dima Hasao district on Tuesday.
" Janata Maramsa, alias Bihari Dimasa (28), was killed during a gunbattle that took place around 4.45 pm at Tera village near Dihangi, about 50 km from Haflong," said a senior police officer.
A joint team of Army and police personnel had launched a combing operation at Tera, considered a stronghold of the Dimasa militants, to flush out the DNDF rebels, he said.
"On seeing the security team, the DNDF militants started firing at them. In retaliation, the securitymen gunned down Bihari. However, his accomplices managed to escape," the officer added.
Superintendent of police (Dima Hasao) V K Ramee Shetty said an AK 47 rifle and a .9 mm pistol were found on the slain militant. His body was brought to Haflong civil hospital for autopsy, he said.
Bihari was earlier a member of the DHD (J). When the outfit laid down arms on October 2, 2009, he, along with some of his comrades, abstained from surrendering and formed DNDF in February last year. According to sources, DNDF has been involved in a number of blasts in the hills district and is extortion people, mostly traders, for the last few years.
" Janata Maramsa, alias Bihari Dimasa (28), was killed during a gunbattle that took place around 4.45 pm at Tera village near Dihangi, about 50 km from Haflong," said a senior police officer.
A joint team of Army and police personnel had launched a combing operation at Tera, considered a stronghold of the Dimasa militants, to flush out the DNDF rebels, he said.
"On seeing the security team, the DNDF militants started firing at them. In retaliation, the securitymen gunned down Bihari. However, his accomplices managed to escape," the officer added.
Superintendent of police (Dima Hasao) V K Ramee Shetty said an AK 47 rifle and a .9 mm pistol were found on the slain militant. His body was brought to Haflong civil hospital for autopsy, he said.
Bihari was earlier a member of the DHD (J). When the outfit laid down arms on October 2, 2009, he, along with some of his comrades, abstained from surrendering and formed DNDF in February last year. According to sources, DNDF has been involved in a number of blasts in the hills district and is extortion people, mostly traders, for the last few years.
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