MAOIST LEADER LINKED TO BLAST ON RAIL TRACKS KILLED IN ASSAM

A suspected Maoist leader allegedly linked to a recent blast on a railway track in Kokrajhar district of Assam was killed in a police encounter on Saturday, officials said.

- Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha

According to Kokrajhar senior superintendent of police (SSP) Pushpraj Singh, the encounter took place in the Nandangiri area of Salakati in Kokrajhar during the early hours of Saturday. The deceased, identified as Ipil Murmu alias Rohit Murmu, sustained severe injuries during the ex