The encounter took place this morning at around 5:30 AM.
Guwahati, Assam:
Top leader of the United Liberation Front of Asom -Independent (ULFA-I), Dwipen Saud, was gunned down this morning after a fierce gun battle with the security forces in western Assam s Bongaigaon district.
Dwipen Saud was the banned outfit s newly appointed western command chief. He was appointed after former deputy commander-in-chief Drishti Rajkhowa surrendered in November.
Shortly after the encounter, doctors at Bongaigaon Civil Hospital said Dwipen Saud was brought dead .
Padum Rai, another outfit member, has been taken into the custody along with two guns, a grenade, and several mobile phones.