Guwahati, Nov 19, 2016: Three army jawans were killed in an alleged encounter with suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) in upper Assam on Saturday morning.
The incident occurred during an army operation carried out in the early hours inside the Burhi Dihing reserve forest in Tinsukia district, nearly 510 km north-east of Guwahati.
The encounter took place near the same area where one person was killed and two others sustained injuries in an attack on a cash van belonging to Pengeri tea estate by suspected ULFA (I) militants on Wednesday.
There are no details yet on whether any ULFA (I) militant was injured or killed in the encounter.