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NDFB guns down tea official in Assam

Fatimabad tea estate's Assistant Manager Jwinsuma Basumatary had gone for some inspection work in sector number 104 of the tea garden when NDFB militants hiding in the nearby water trenches shot him dead from close range, official sources said in Guwahati.

The militants, who used sophisticated weapons for the assault, escaped into the nearby jungles as police and paramilitary forces launched a massive combing operation to nab them.

Thirty-five-year old Basumatary, a resident of Simla village bordering neighbouring Bhutan, was appointed to the post following requests from the NDFB, sources said.

Basumatary had been paying extortion money on a regular basis to the outfit but of late had stopped payment, which may have led to his killing, the police said.

The Fatimabad tea estate had often been the target of the NDFB, which had kidnapped its owner T Choudhury three years back. He was later released.

Last year, three officials of the estate were kidnapped by the outfit. They were later rescued by the district administration.

One of them, an assistant manager, however, drowned in flood water while he was being brought back after being rescued by the police.

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