Six Assam Rifles Soldiers Killed By Militants in Manipur

The militant attack took place in the Chandel district of Manipur at around 1 pm on Sunday.

File photo of the Assam Rifles. (Photo: YouTube Screengrab)

Six members of the 21 Assam Rifles were killed in a militant attack in Chandel district of Manipur near the Indo-Myanmar border at around 1 pm on Sunday.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh took stock of the situation and spoke to the Director General of Assam.

The deceased were identified as follows:

• Junior Commanding Officer (JCO) Subedar Baldeo Sharma
  
• Pawan Kumar
  
• Mahesh Gurung
  
• Bhupender Kumar
  
• Akhilesh Kumar Pandey
  
• Havaldar Surajit Barla

The attack took place on the heels of the completion of a year since a similar attack in the same district killed 18 Army personnel.

The attack was jointly planned by three of the seven insurgent groups in Imphal – PLA, UNLF and PREPAK – according to The Indian Express.