A suspected ULFA militant was killed in a gunfight with a joint team of army and policemen at Gouripur in lower Assam's Dhubri district along Indo-Bangla border on Friday.
Defence sources said Manindra Rai allegedly opened fire on the security personnel when he was asked to stop his bicycle at abandoned Rupsi airport.
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Rai died in retaliatory fire at about 3 am, sources said.
A US-made revolver with 3 live cartridges, a hand granade, a mobile phone set and a diary having phone numbers of ULFA insurgents were seized from him.
Rai was wanted in several cases of bomb blasts, kidnapping and extortion.
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