NDFB militant killed in encounter with cops

GUWAHATI: A suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland militant was on Tuesday killed in an encounter with security forces in Kokrajhar of Assam, defence sources said. The encounter took place between a joint team of Army and police personnel and the militants at Bansbari village under Panbari police station limits, a defence spokesman said. The joint team had launched an operation at the village last night on the basis of specific information that some militants were moving around in the area.