A team of opposition Congress has also visited Kokrajhar to take stock of the situation.
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Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, who visited the site on Friday said the slain militant was identified as Manjay Islari alias Maoudang and he was the self styled commander of NDFB (S) 16th battalion.
Sonowal briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the incident at Balajan Tiniali market in Kokrajhar district and the steps taken to nab those involved in it.
When asked what action his administration would be taking against the extremist outfit and their subversive activities, the chief minister said, “My government is bound to protect the life and property of the people”.
“The doctors here informed us that their condition is improving”. Today five more of those injured will be shifted to GMCH said Sarma.
The insurgent was identified from his photo in police records and DNA tests would be conducted to establish his identity beyond doubt, he added.
Three additional companies of Central armed paramilitary forces (CAPF) have been deployed in Kokrajhar to stop recurrence of violence.
Meanwhile, a senior police official based in Assam Police headquarters at Guwahati said that inter-state borders of the state as well as all the entry and exit routes of the state have been sealed following the incident and operations have been intensified along the areas adjacent to the Indo-Bhutan border in BTAD area.
“The operation against the militants is a continuous process”. The security forces eliminated one of the militants in an encounter soon after the incident.
Assam’s Kokrajhar town attackers were dressed in Army fatigues: On Thursday, the militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoland killed 14 civilians and 15 including a minor girl critically wounded in an attack on a weekly market in Kokrajhar district, Assam.
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The security forces were on a high alert in Assam in the view of intelligence reports of attacks by militants in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations.
