A member of the banned militant outfit NDFB (Songbijit) was killed in an encounter with security forces in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district early today, a senior police official said here.
On a tip off about the presence of three-four members of the outfit in a jungle in Serfunguri area, a joint team of the Army and police reached there, Superintendent of Police Rajen Sing said.
On seeing them, the militants started firing and the securitymen retaliated and in the shoot-out, one extremist was killed while the others managed to flee, he said.
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The deceased is yet to be identified.
The SP said an AK series rifle, 16 rounds of ammunition, a mobile phone with a Bhutanese SIM, Rs 2,740 in cash, extortion notes and some medicines were recovered from the spot.
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