Manipur-based militant groups, People’s Liberation Army and Manipur Naga People’s Front, have claimed responsibility for attack that killed Colonel Viplap Tripathi & his family Saturday.
Colonel Viplav Tripathi, Commanding Officer of the 46 Assam Rifles, his wife and 8-year-old son, along with 4 soldiers were killed in an ambush carried out by the militant groups.
Speaking to ThePrint, CM N. Biren Singh condemns ambush as ‘cowardly’, says attackers will not be spared and a search operation has been launched by state and central government.
The convoy of the 46 Assam Rifles Commandant Col Viplap Tripathi was ambushed while it was returning to the Battalion headquarters following a visit to a Company base in Behiang.
Last year, the Assam Rifles confiscated contraband worth Rs 876 crore, a 61% jump from 2019 when contraband worth Rs 544 crore was seized, Lt Gen Pradeep Chandran Nair said.
A column of the Assam Rifles was carrying out an operation at an area around 8-9 km from Longvi village under Nampong circle when they came under heavy firing.
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