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Four Dacoits Killed In Police Encounter In Assam's Goalpara

An officer of Goalpara Police said the accused were planning to abduct a businessman and action was taken based on a tip-off.

Goalpara: Four persons, allegedly involved in dacoity and supply of weapons, were killed in an encounter with police in Assam's Goalpara district on Sunday morning, police said.

Two of the accused died on the spot and remaining two, who were wounded, later succumbed to their injuries, they added. The deceased have been identified as Mukunda Rabha, Saboor Ali, Zahirul Islam and Sengbath Marak.

The incident took place in Dhupdhara Ghiladubi of Goalpara when acting on a tip-off, a Goalpara district police team reached Ghiladubi on the Assam-Meghalaya border. Led by Goalpara Di

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