Trader Manoranjan Das, hailing from Assam, was abducted at gun-point from Rewak area, around 20km from Baghmara on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of the abducted trader in Rewak area where the A'chik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK) militants were running a camp, security forces held a rescue operation early today, district SP Lakador Syiem told PTI.
They freed Das unharmed shooting dead one militant, identified as D Ch Sangma and seized one INSAS rifle along with 14 rounds of ammunition, a pistol and a 12 bore gun with two rounds ammunition, batteries, seals and several incriminating documents, the SP said.