Two suspected ULFA militants were killed on Thursday morning in a gunfight with a joint police and CRPF team in Upper Assam's Majuli Island.

"Acting on a tip-off, the security forces launched an operation in Balijan, Asia's largest river island. The ULFA militants exchanged fire with them and they were killed on the spot," Superintendent of Police, Jorhat, Dipak Choudhury said.