DIBRUGARH/GUWAHATI: In one of the biggest attacks on security forces in Assam in two decades, three Army jawans were killed and four seriously injured when suspected Ulfa (Independent) and NSCN(K) militants ambushed their convoy after triggering an IED blast in Pengeri area in Tinsukia district on Saturday.The convoy of 15 Kumaon Regiment was returning from Pengeri to Digboi at 5.30am after a counter-insurgency operation when the militants struck. One soldier was killed on the spot while two soldiers succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital, Defence Ministry officials said. Binod Roy was killed in an IED (improvised explosive devise) explosion in the Singjamei Chingamathak area near an Assam Rifles camp in the morning, police officials said. Army spokesperson Lt Col Suneet Newton said the Army has launched a massive combing operation to nab the militants.“ We believe no less than 15 ultras were involved,” Tinsukia SP Mugdhajyoti Mahanta said. A gypsy transporting six soldiers bore the brunt of the firing as it stood exposed in the middle of the road.While Havildar Multan Singh was killed on the spot, Havildar Rishipal Singh and Naik Narpat Singh died on the way to Dinjan Army Hospital in Tinsukia. Four other jawans –– Manoj Singh, Virendra Singh, Bikram Chand and Satyendra Pratap Singh –– who were injured, were first taken to Assam Oil Division Hospital in Digboi and then airlifted to the military hospital.“In three decades of counter-insurgency operations, we had almost reined in Ulfa-I.
Three soldiers are killed in an ambush in Assam.