Guwahati: Two NDFB-Sonbijit militants were killed in an encounter with a joint police and army team in lower Assam's Chirang district today, a police official said.
The militants exchanged fire with the security forces in the Chirang reserve forest, 7 km North-west of Selaguri, IGP LR Bishnoi said.
The militants were yet to be identified, Bishnoi said, adding an M-16 rifle, an AK series rifle and an Insas rifle were recovered from the slain.
One person kidnapped by the extremist outfit was also rescued during the encounter, he added.
The militants exchanged fire with the security forces in the Chirang reserve forest, 7 km North-west of Selaguri, IGP LR Bishnoi said.
The militants were yet to be identified, Bishnoi said, adding an M-16 rifle, an AK series rifle and an Insas rifle were recovered from the slain.
One person kidnapped by the extremist outfit was also rescued during the encounter, he added.
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