2 men of Assam Rifles have been killed and 5 injured in a terror attack in Assam’s Tinsukia district this morning. The India-Myanmar border has been sealed and a massive counter-operation has been launched.
The attack was suspected to have been carried out by SS Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) and the Paresh Baruah faction of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) along Assam-Arunachal border on Sunday morning in the run-up to Republic Day.
The attack was perpetrated at a place between Jagun and Jairampur of the inter-state border.
As the retaliation was on, dozens of vehicles, carrying both domestic and foreign tourists and heading to Pangsau Pass on the India-Myanmar border, were stranded.
Meanwhile, thousands of tourists were stuck on the NH-153 between Nampong in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh and Jagun in Assam.
The terrorists had used grenades and IED to ambush the Assam Rifles team at Jagun Warabasti. This is the fourth ambush by militants on security forces in the Northeast in recent months.
The Assam Rifles vehicle and three vehicles of tourists, returning from Pangsau festival, were damaged in the explosions.
The Pangsau festival is an annual winter event held in Arunachal Pradesh along the Indo-Myanmar border.
The area has been cordoned off and combing operations have been stepped up in the vicinity of the attack.
Insurgent outfits of the Northeast have their bases in Myanmar. A number of them have come under one umbrella after the formation of United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia. Ever since its formation, they started carrying out the attacks jointly.
