The slain Additional Superintendent of Police Gulzar Hussain, who was killed in an encounter with NDFB-Songbijit militants in Assam's Sonitpur district, was buried today with full state honours.
Hussain was buried at his home town in Bihpuria, about 180 km from here, after a 21 gun salute, Sonitpur Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parasar told PTI here.
She said that operations by the army and CRPF's Cobra forces were continuing in Batasipur and its adjoining areas against the underground group.
Yesterday, the ASP sitting in the front seat of his vehicle was hit by bullets in the head and leg, and was declared brought dead at the Army's 151 base hospital at Tezpur.
The night curfew imposed yesterday in Dhekiajuli continued from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM, Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Lalit Gogoi said.
Meanwhile, the All Assam Minority Students Union alleged that the Tarun Gogoi government had failed to control the situation in the state resulting in 150 personnel of the security forces belonging to the minority community being killed in militant attacks.
The student body which took out a protest march submitted a memorandum to the Union Home minister through Deputy Commissioner Sonitpur seeking a CBI enquiry into the killing of the police officer.
