Civilian killed, two army personnel critically injured

, Oct 30 : A person was killed and two

personnel were injured during an encounter with NDFB(S)

in Kokrajhar district, officials said. A joint team of the army and police personnel were conducting search operation at Amjhora area last night when they were fired upon by the militants. An encounter followed in which a

was killed and the two army personnel were critically injured, they said. The militants, however, managed to escape. The injured personnel were identified as Mahesh Kumar, a subedar and Dinesh Kumar, a sepoy, the sources said. They were admitted to Coochbehar Civil Hospital in West Bengal. Search operations are continuing in the area.

PTI