The body of a top Indian official who was kidnapped by separatists in the north-eastern state of Assam has been identified by his son.
Earlier police said a body found after a gun battle between separatist rebels and security forces was probably the kidnapped man, Phul Chand Ram. The battle with United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) fighters took place 50km from the state capital, Guwahati.
Police say that two rebels were also killed in the fighting. The violence took place late on Wednesday evening, police say.
Ulfa blamed
"I now have no doubt this body is that of my father. There is no room for any confusion," the dead man's son, Praveen Gautam, told journalists in Guwahati.
The Assam government asked Mr Gautam to rush to the state from Delhi to identify the dead man
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