A top Kamptapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) terrorist was today killed in a joint operation of the Army and Assam Police, defence sources here said.
The Army neutralised the self styled 'deputy commander-in-chief' and the 'chief recruiter' of the banned terrorist organisation KLO at Shiljan area of Kokrajhar district of Assam in the early hours of today.
Defence officials said the slain ultra was trained in Myanmar.
"His neutralisation is seen as a major success for the security forces as he was capable of perpetrating a lot of trouble in view of the coming legislative assembly elections in the region," an official said.
A large number of arms and ammunition were seized from the deceased terrorist.
KLO is a key partner of the umbrella United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) formed by NSCN(K), ULFA(I), and other banned terrorist groups of Manipur beside it in April 2015.
