A man whom police killed in an encounter on Saturday morning in Assam's Kokrajhar was believed to have Maoist links and had several cases in Jharkhand.
Security forces gunned down a Maoist leader at Salakati in Assam's Kokrajhar district, who was the mastermind behind the recent IED blast on a railway track in the area.
A panel from Jharkhand will soon visit Assam to assess the condition of tea tribes in the state, following a directive from Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
The accused, Manik Das (44) and his wife Anjali Devi (40), were apprehended at their residence at Aamdhari village in Dumka district on September 29 and brought to Aizawl on Wednesday
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one person and seized incriminating materials in a major crackdown targeting revival attempts by the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI).
