Guwahati, November 15 : Two days after two Assam Rifles jawans were killed and six others injured in an powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Manipur’s Chandel district, militants once again targeted security forces in the same district along with Indo-Myanmar border on Wednesday morning.
According to the reports, suspected PLA militants had ambushed jawans of 4 Assam Rifles at the area Sajik Tampak and Chamol Top in Chandel district at around 5-20 am on Wednesday.
In the militants attack, two AR jawans were injured.
In retaliatory fire by the security personnel, one militant was killed and three others injured.
One AK rifle and three unexploded IEDs have also been recovered by the Assam Rifles troops.
A top official of Manipur police said that, the entire area has been cordoned off by launching additional parties from neighbouring units and search operations are in progress.
The incident comes just two days after, while two Assam Rifles jawans killed and six others injured in a powerful IED explosion at Maha Moni area in Chandel district on November 13 last.
Banned outfit Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Militants had carried out series of attacks on security forces in the north eastern Indian state this year.
On June 30 last, one Assam Rifles jawan was killed and 3 others injured in an IED blast in Ukhrul district, while one jawan killed and 4 others injured in another blast on June 15 last in the state.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
