Encounter in Mendipathat: 3 GNLA cadres killed

Three suspected GNLA militants were killed at an encounter with security forces in Golapara on Thursday.

The encounter took place in the wee hours at Mendipothar bordering Meghalaya where the armed GNLA cadres were moving despite alertness of security forces in the area. The cadres were yet to be identified. The Garo insurgent cadres have been unleashing terror in Mendipothar in the form of extortion, killing and kidnapping forcing the security forces to launch the operation.