A dacoit, wanted in a murder case, was killed in a gunfight 🌜with the police in Assam's Chirang district on Wednesday, officials said.
A group of dacoits had attacked a house in Kamarpara in Dhaligaon police station area on Tuesday, and as the family raised an alarm, they escaped after opening fire, in wh𝔉ich a man was killed, police said.
On being informed, police rushed tಞo the spot and launched a combing operation in the area, they said.
The police were fired upon by the dacoits near a bri💯dge on Aie river. A heavy exchange of fire followed in which one of the dacoits was killed while the ot๊hers fled from the spot, they added.
Th💝e dacoit killed in the gunfight was identified👍 as Manjit Basumatary, police said.
It was suspected that this incident was linked to a group of former National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB🐈) militants. Two members of that group were killed in a gunfight with the police on Tuesday, they said.
Assam has witnessed a spurt in police encounters since Chief Minister Himanta Bi💙swa Sarma assumed office on May 10 last year.
