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Army guns down nine Bodo militants in Assam
Troops of the Red Horn Division operating in lower Assam on Monday struck a major blow to Bodo militants when they killed nine of them in an encounter in Dhubri district. The militants belong to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and five AK-47 rifles have been recovered from their possession. According to Army sources, the incident took place in Mahamaya forest area in Gauripur police station at around 4:30 am on Monday. Intelligence reports provided by the state police intelligence department had informed the Army that a big group of Bodo militants belonging to the NDFB was operating in that area. Acting on the tip-off, the Army launched combing operations.A large number of woodcutters have been killed by militants in this reserve forest area during the last few years for either illegally cutting down the forests or for having failed to pay the Just a little reminder that India has other problems beside the Kashmiri loons. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-05-27 |
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