Army personnel shot dead a leopard after a day-long drama that saw the animal injuring 13 people inside the Oil India Limited (OIL) field headquarters campus at Duliajan in the Dibrugarh district.

Suspected separatist rebels shot and killed 42 migrant workers and wounded 19 others in at least 10 separate attacks in India’s remote northeast, officials said.

SOLDIERS patrolled India’s northeastern state of Assam yesterday after an orgy of killing, looting and arson targeted at settlers from a neighbouring state.