Guwahati: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said militant group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit), or NDFB(S), had direct involvement in Friday’s attack in Kokrajhar district that claimed 14 lives. “Direct involvement of NDFB(S) in the Kokrajhar violence has been found following unearthing of vital information,” an official release quoting Sonowal said. Seven others who are in Kokrajhar Civil Hospital and those in Barpeta hospital were out of danger, he said. The chief minister told reporters that doctors had informed him that all the injured were out of danger. The slain militant was identified as Anjoy Islary alias Monjoy and he was the self-styled commanding officer of the NDFB(S), senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Source: Mint August 06, 2016 16:52 UTC