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An Assam Rifles personnel was killed while another was left severely injured after a group of militants, suspected to be National Socialist Council of Nagalim – Isac Muviah (NSCN–IM) workers, ambushed a convoy of the 6 Assam Regiment near Khonsa in southern Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district on Wednesday, 21 October, reported EastMojo.
Massive search operations are underway at Sanliam village, which lies on the Khonsa Lazu road and shares a border with neighbouring Myanmar.
NSCN–IM, one of the Naga militant outfits to have signed a ceasefire pact with the Indian government, carried out the attack in retaliation to the 6 Assam Rifle’s attack in July this year, the report said, citing unnamed sources.
On 4 October, militants lobbed grenades and sprayed a water tanker of Assam Rifles with bullets near Tengmo village in Changland district. While one Assam rifles personnel died in the attack, another received severe injuries.
The AFSPA gives sweeping powers to the security forces, including shoot-to-kill. Various militant outfits are using these forested areas as their transit route and clandestine hideouts.
(With inputs from EastMojo and IANS)
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