Overview
- A senior Assam Police havaldar, Sharif Hossain Kazi, was shot twice during an intelligence-led anti-drug operation near the Assam–Manipur border.
- He was first treated at Silchar Medical College and was then airlifted to Guwahati in critical condition for advanced care.
- The attack unfolded in the Joypur–Jirighat and Diglang belt of Lakhipur, where the shooters fled into dense forest across the state line.
- Police opened a formal investigation and deployed Assam Rifles and other forces to mount a large search along the border.
- Some residents alleged he was sent alone without uniform, which police denied by stating a full team, including plainclothes personnel, was deployed.