Assam Cop Killed in Shootout

One police officer was killed and a jawan was injured following a
shootout with a gang of suspected car lifters at Chungajan under
Barpathar police station in Golaghat district of Assam bordering
Nagaland on Sunday night.

Police informed that the gang of
criminals fired upon a team of police personnel from Barpathar police
station when the latter were on an operation to recover a stolen car.

The
office-in-charge (OC) of Barpathar police station Binod Pangshu, who
was injured in the shootout, succumbed to his injuries at the nearby
hospital. One police jawan Manoj Saikia was injured in the shootout.

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