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In a dastardly attack carried out by the armed militants of the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent a Hindi-speaking businessman and his daughter were killed in the interior Bijulibon area in Assam on Tuesday night.
The wife and the son of the businessman were seriously injured.
Police informed that ULFA-I militants called out the family of businessman Nandalal Shah and opened fire at them killing him on the spot.
His injured daughter Kajal Shah died on way to the nearby hospital.
The wife of the businessman and his son who sustained bullet injuries were rushed to AssamMedicalCollegeHospital in Dibrugarh.
Police suspected that the attack was carried out by the outlawed militants because of failure of the businessman to meet their extortion demand.
A case was registered at the Pangeri police station in Tinsukia district of Assam
The ULFA-I or the anti-talks faction of the ULFA is led by fugitive commander-in-chief Paresh Barua who has taken shelter in Myanmar under the patronage of Naga rebel group National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, and taken a key role in formation of the joint forum of Northeast militants called United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia.