Four Hindi-speaking people shot dead by Bodoland militants

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 13:54 [IST]

Guwahati, June 30 (ANI): At least four Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and two others injured by heavily-armed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in Assam's Sonitput District on Tuesday.

According to the police, the incident took place at around 9:30 a.m. near the Naharani tea estate at Rangapara in Sonitput district when militants fired from AK-47 rifles on a group of people.

The deceased included two women.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the Tezpur Hospital.

The police have launched a search operation to arrest the culprits. (ANI)

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