The 'section commander' of the anti-talk underground outfit exchanged fire with a joint police and army team at village Odang near Karigaon at around 9 AM, IGP-BTAD L R Bishnoi said.
The slain militant was identified as the outfit's Kenduguri 'section commander' N-Wongtinlang, a resident of neighbouring Chirang district and belonged to the 35th batch of trained cadre of NDFB-S, Bishnoi said.
A 7.65 mm pistol, two magazines, eight rounds of ammunition and three live grenades were recovered from him, the IGP said.