The militants belonging to the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) on Tuesday ambushed a police patrolling party in Assam’s Sonitpur district killing two on the spot, including a police officer and injured five other police constables.
Police said that the incident took place in Batasipur area under Dhekiajuli police station in the district around 8 am on Tuesday.
“Additional Superintendent of Police of Sonitpur district Guljar Hussain, who had been leading an operation against the militants, had been killed on the spot during the incident. Another person, a police informer was killed on the spot while five other police constables were injured during the incident,” police said.
Police said that the condition of three of the injured are stated to be critical and they had been referred to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
The anti-talk faction of the outfit had claimed responsibility for the ambush.
Assam Director General of Police Khagen Sarma later said that a massive operation will be launched against the NDFB's anti talk faction in three districts of the State —Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur. The police had recently announced bounty to the tune of Rs10 lakh on 11 leaders of the anti-talk faction of the NDFB militants.
Meanwhile, in another incident in Western Assam’s Goalpara district, police on Tuesday recovered five bombs and eight gelatin stick from Hatigaon village.
The bombs and explosives were suspected to have been hidden by anti-talk faction of the Ulfa cadres, police added.
In another incident in Sivsagar district, one Ulfa linkman was injured after a grenade exploded accidentally at his residence. Police said that the house of the person had been used by the anti-talk faction of the Ulfa militants. later police recovered another grenade from his house during a search,
police said.