Assam Rifles man killed in encounter in Sonitpur district

TEZPUR: An Assam Rifles man was killed in an encounter with NDFB(S) insurgents in Sonitpur district, a senior official said today.

The encounter took place at Seijosa along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border last night.

A group of 12 NDFB(S) insurgents came to Assam side and when the security personnel challenged them, they started firing and the man died in the ensuing shoot-out, Assam Rifles Commanding Officer Col Rohit Pratap Singh Thakur said.

The deceased, Ramesh Pratap Singh, hailed from Uttarakhand.

NDFB(S) insurgents massacred 81 persons in Sonitpur, Chirang and Kokrajhar districts in a series of attacks last month.