Six militants killed, Army man injured in Assam

Six Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants, including two of its top leaders, were killed and an Army man was injured in a gunfight with security forces in the early hours of Friday in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.

On specific information, a joint police and Army team launched an operation at Banipathar area under the Bokajan police station and at 1 a.m. The militants exchanged fire with the security forces inside a forest, Superintendent of Police Debojit Deuri told PTI.

The injured Army man was taken to hospital, he said. One SLR rifle, one Insas rifle, three pistols and two grenades were recovered from the slain ultras.

The KPLT, formed in 2010-11 by a breakaway faction of the Karbi National Liberation Front after the KLNF declared ceasefire, is active in the remote areas of Bokajan.