Dibrugarh, July 28: An exchange of fire between suspected Ulfa militants and army personnel inside a hotel in Margherita town of Tinsukia district today left five persons injured.

Subdivisional police officer Sujit Thakur said a seven-member team from the army?s 19 Kumaon Regiment raided a hotel in Margherita town around 8 pm on receiving information about the presence of Ulfa militants there.

A ?scuffle? between the suspected militants and the army personnel, all in civvies, led to firing by both sides. Three of those wounded were identified as Sanju Bora of Simaluguri, Jayanta Kalita of Duliajan and Dipen Gogoi of Sapekhati.

The police official said he could not provide more details because the army was handling the case. He said the army took away the injured, but he was unaware about the destination.

Tinsukia superintendent of police Debojit Hazarika reached the hotel soon after the incident. Contacted on his cellphone while on his way there, he could only confirm that ?something serious has happened?.