Guwahati: The killing of an Assam Rifles Commanding Officer, his family, and four other jawans in a militant ambush in Manipur on Saturday has brought the focus back on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a militant group in Manipur demanding a separate homeland.
On Saturday evening, the PLA claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Commanding Officer of 46 Battalion of Assam Rifles Colonel Viplav Tripathi, his wife Anuja, their 6-year-old son Abeer, and four jawans.
Colonel Tripathi’s convoy was ambushed by PLA militants near the Sehkan village in Churachandpur district while returning from the Behiang Coy post at about 10 am on Saturday. IEDs were used by the militants before the Assam Rifles personnel engaged them in a firefight.
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