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GUWAHATI: A commander of Ulfa (I) was killed in an encounter with police in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district early on Thursday, police said.
Based on intelligence inputs that Dwipen Saud, the newly appointed commander of Ulfa (I)’s western command was planning some ‘high profile’ abduction, police confronted him at Besimari under Manikpur police station.
He was killed in the gunbattle that followed while his gunman, Padum Rai, was arrested with a weapon. Police recovered another weapon and a grenade from the encounter site.
Saud (52) alias Ramen Nath alias Jishnu Asom hailed from Duramari village under Sarbhog police station in Barpeta district. He joined the banned militant outfit in 1988.
ULFA-I leader killed in Assam
ULFA-I leader killed in Assam
IANS / Apr 30, 2021, 06:00 IST#2021-04-30T06:00:00+05:30
Dwipen Saud died in an encounter; aide held
GUWAHATI A top leader of the outlawed ULFA-I was killed and one of his aides arrested during an encounter with the security forces on Thursday in
Bongaigaon district of western Assam, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti
Mahanta said.
The Assam police chief said that the encounter between the security forces and the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent took place at Besimari under Manikpur police station in Bongaigaon District early morning on Thursday. In a tweet Mahanta said: “ULFA-I commander western command, recently appointed to replace
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Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Thursday said a top ULFA (I) militant was killed during an encounter with security forces in Bongaigaon district of Assam on Thursday and one of his aides arrested.
Dwipen Saud, the newly appointed leader of ULFA (I) western command, was shot dead during an exchange of fire with security forces in Mankipur police station area.