Two students killed, three injured in cross firing between Assam Rifles and NSCN(Khaplang) militants along Indo-Myanmar border
A top official of Assam Rifles said the incident took place at Phor area in the bordering district with Myanmar when troops of Assam Rifles were bringing the bodies of two NSCN(Khaplang) militants from the encounter spot.
A group of villagers from the remote area had stopped the paramilitary convoy and demanded that the bodies be handed over to them.
While discussion between the security personnel and villagers was in progress, suspected NSCN(Khaplang) militants had fired at the Assam Rifles jawans and exchanged bullets took place.
During the cross firing, two students were killed and three including an officer and a jawan of Assam Rifles were injured.
The injured persons were rushed to nearest hospital.
Assam Rifles have launched a massive operation against the militants in the remote bordering areas in the state.
On Thursday, two NSCN(Khaplang) militants were killed in a fierce gun fight with security forces at Avangkhu area in Phek district.
Security personnel had recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in possession from the deceased militants.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
