Goalpara ( Assam ) [India], September 28 (ANI): Four armed dacoits were killed in an encounter with police in the Dhupdhara area of Assam 's Goalpara district, along the Assam -Meghalaya border, in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.

The incident took place at Ghiladubi near Dhupdhara, when police personnel intercepted the armed group based on intelligence inputs.

Nabaneet Mahanta, Senior Superintendent of Police of Goalpara district, said that four pistols and four mobile phones were recovered from the site of the encounter.

"We have received information that an armed group has been roaming along the Assam -Meghalaya bordering area for the last few days. We have received information that this group has planned to kidnap someone, and we have immediately laid naka checks

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