GUWAHATI/MANGALDAI, Jan 4: Former spokesperson of All Boro Peace Forum (ABPF) Lilavati Daimary, who was also the elder sister of NDFB (anti-talk) chairman Ranjan Daimary and Boro Women Justice Forum (BWJF) president Anjali Daimary, was shot dead by three gunmen at her Doulguri residence under Harisinga outpost under Paneri police station in Udalguri district at round 7.15 pm today.

According to sources, three youths with AK-47 rifles went to her residence and shot her dead from close range when she was cooking food in the courtyard. Her husband Junu Daimary (40), a contractor, was not in the house when the incident occurred. She received four bullets, two on her chest. Lalavati leaves behind her husband, a son and three daughters.

Lilavati was a subject teacher at Harisinga Higher Secondary School.

Ranjan Daimary had sent an e-mail to the media yesterday threatening the Army and leaders of the pro-talk NDFB faction for the recent killing of NDFB cadres in the State.

The ABPF and the BWJF have condemned the killing of Lilavati Daimary.

Talking to The Sentinel over telephone, BTC Chief Executive Member (CEM) Hagrama Mohilary, while condemning the killing, said: "It's unfortunate. NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary might have done wrong, but for that killing his sister is nothing but an act of cowardice. Such killings won't solve any problems. Violence will rather complicate the problems. The people should come out against such killings. The BPF never supports such killings."

Meanwhile, AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta condemned the killing and said the killing proves that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's claim of peaceful Assam is false.