Shillong: In a well coordinated joint operation by the Army and Meghalaya Police, two terrorists have been killed in the North Garo Hills district of the state on Sunday. After receiving specific intelligence inputs, security forces ambushed the terrorists near the Assam-Meghalaya border.
Acting on intelligence inputs given by the armed men in the area, a special police team and troops from Assam's 19 Dogra regiment raided the hideouts at Rari on Saturday night, district SP Ramesh Singh said.
At around 4:40 AM on Sunday, the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire after spotting the security forces, with two killed terrorists killed in the retaliatory attack, he
said.
One of the terrorists has been identified as Jimmy alias Laknu. He is one of the most wanted terrorists and was responsible for laying ambushes on Meghalaya Police.
A 9 mm pistol with two live rounds, two empty cases, a 7.65 mm pistol with three live rounds, a mobile phone, three SIM cards and an airbag containing medicines and clothes were recovered from the slain terrorists, he said.
AMEF leader Jack Marak was gunned down earlier in May.
On June 9, in a tough, well coordinated and surgically executed operation a few kilometers inside Myanmar, the Indian Army killed at least 20 terrorists belonging to Northeast insurgent groups who had ambushed a convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur on June 4.
(With additional information from PTI)
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