NDFB bomber killed in Assam, ULFA commander held in Shillong
By IANSSaturday, January 16, 2010
GUWAHATI - Security forces Saturday gunned down a bomber belonging to the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam, while a top commander of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was arrested in Meghalaya capital Shillong.
A police spokesperson said a group of NDFB militants early Saturday challenged a security patrol near Udalguri in northern Assam, about 90 km from here.
“There was a fierce gunfight, in which an NDFB bomber was killed, while three to four others managed to escape,” a senior police official said.
Police and army soldiers recovered a pistol, live cartridges and some explosives from the dead rebel.
Police suspect the dead NDFB bomber could have been involved in the grenade attack Friday night in Udalguri town that killed one person and wounded 12 more.
A massive search is on to nab the other rebels who escaped.
Meghalaya police, meanwhile, arrested a top ULFA commander from Shillong Saturday.
“All we can say is that the arrested person is a commander of the ULFA’s 27th battalion and was in Shillong to escape the security heat in Assam,” a Meghalaya police official said.
