<p>A superintendent of police and his personnel security officer (PSO) were killed in a gun battle with militants in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the police said on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place on Thursday night when Superintendent of Police of Hamren Police district Nityananda Goswami led an anti-insurgency operation in Rimthiyam village under the Hamren sub-division, about 150 km from the district headquarters Diphu. <br /><br />“The casualty came to focus only on Friday morning after the recovery of the bodies of Goswami and his PSO Ratul Nunisa,” a police official said, adding that the site of the gun battle was close to the Assam-Meghalaya border. <br /><br />“Goswami led the operation on Thursday morning after receiving a tip off that some militants were hiding in the area. He was accompanied by 18 policemen. After reaching the area, they formed three six-member teams and launched the operation,” said the police official. <br /><br />Police suspect that militants belonging to Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and United Karbi Liberation Army (UKLA) were behind the ambush. <br /><br />Senior police officials, including Director General of Police Khagen Sarma and Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A P Raut, rushed to Hamren to review the law and order situation.</p>
<p>A superintendent of police and his personnel security officer (PSO) were killed in a gun battle with militants in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the police said on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place on Thursday night when Superintendent of Police of Hamren Police district Nityananda Goswami led an anti-insurgency operation in Rimthiyam village under the Hamren sub-division, about 150 km from the district headquarters Diphu. <br /><br />“The casualty came to focus only on Friday morning after the recovery of the bodies of Goswami and his PSO Ratul Nunisa,” a police official said, adding that the site of the gun battle was close to the Assam-Meghalaya border. <br /><br />“Goswami led the operation on Thursday morning after receiving a tip off that some militants were hiding in the area. He was accompanied by 18 policemen. After reaching the area, they formed three six-member teams and launched the operation,” said the police official. <br /><br />Police suspect that militants belonging to Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and United Karbi Liberation Army (UKLA) were behind the ambush. <br /><br />Senior police officials, including Director General of Police Khagen Sarma and Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A P Raut, rushed to Hamren to review the law and order situation.</p>