At least two jawans of the Assam Rifles were killed and four others injured on Saturday, 25 May, after suspected NSCN (K) militants ambushed a convoy of the security forces in Nagaland’s Mon district, reported NorthEast Now.
A column of Assam Rifles jawans on two vehicles encountered an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast in the area between Tobu and Ukha villages around 1:30 pm. The blast was followed by exchange of fire between the Assam Rifles personnel and militants in which two soldiers were killed.
“Whoever has done this will be taken into the books according to the law. Search operation is going on. We are yet to get details of it.”Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland Chief Minister
The Assam Rifles is one of the oldest paramilitary forces in India and comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Earlier this week on Tuesday, 22 May, at least 11 persons, including Arunachal Pradesh legislator Tirong Aboh, were killed in an ambush by another group of suspected Naga militants in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Police said that Aboh and his family members were travelling from Dibrugarh in Assam to Khonsa, when their vehicle was ambushed by suspected NSCN (IM) militants at Bogapani in Tirap district, located on Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
Aboh, a sitting National People's Party (NPP) MLA from Khonsa West constituency of the hill state, contested the recently held Assembly elections for a second term and received threats from the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Issak and Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants over this.
(With inputs from NorthEast Now, IANS)
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