Barely a few hours after the killing of 6 NDFB cadres during an encounter in Karbi Anglong, unidentified miscreants gunned down four persons of a same family of a Congress ward commissioner in Diphu on Tuesday.
According to information, armed miscreants stormed into the residence of Congress ward commissioner Apu Das and gunned down Apu's wife Manju Das, two daughters and a home tutor at around 7-45 in the evening. Apu Das was not available at that moment. Immediately after the incident, the miscreants left Apu Das's house.
Top ranked police officials have rushed to the spot and a massive operation is on to nab the culprit.
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