Assam police chief Mukesh Sahay at the spot after three soldiers were killed and four others injured in an ambush by militants at Pengri in Tinsukia district on Saturday.

The attack was carried out by a group of 15 militants in which two vehicles, a jeep and a truck, were destroyed.

Three Army jawans were killed and four injured when an Army convoy was attacked on Saturday by suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) at Pengeri in Tinsukia district of Assam.

“The ambush happened around 5.30 a.m. Militants had planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the road. When the convoy stopped after the explosion, the militants fired indiscriminately on the soldiers,” Army sources said.

They added that the attack was carried out by a group of 15 militants in which two vehicles, a jeep and a truck, were destroyed.

One soldier was killed on the spot while two soldiers succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital, Defence Ministry officials said. The three dead soldiers have been identified as Havildar Multan Singh, Havildar Rishipal Singh and Naik Narpat Singh.

The four injured jawans were airlifted to a nearby Army base hospital.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and took stock of the situation. “Spoke to Assam CM who apprised me of the situation in the wake of blast in Tinsukia,” he later tweeted. </s> A search is on to find the militants involved in the ambush.

Three Army jawans were killed and another four injured in an early morning attack on an Army convoy by suspected militants of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Tinsukia district of Assam.

“IED blast, Tinsukia Update. Three soldiers martyred and four soldiers injured. Search operation is on,” the Army’s Eastern Command said in a tweet.

“The ambush happened at around 5.30 am on Saturday morning. Militants had planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the road. When the IED exploded, the convoy stopped. Then the militants fired indiscriminately in which three jawans were killed,” Army sources said.

The three soldiers have been identified as Hav Multan Singh, Hav Rishipal Singh and Naik Narpat Singh.

According to sources the incident took place inside a reserve forest near Digboi in Tinsukia district of Assam. The injured jawans were airlifted to nearby Army base hospital.

Officials said that the area is thickly forested which facilitated the militants to escape. Security forces launched a massive search operation to seal the area and apprehend the militants. </s> This story is from November 20, 2016

DGP Assam Police Mukesh Sahay at spot after three Indian army troopers were killed and four other critically injured suspected ULFA(I) militants ambushed then at Pengri in Tinsukia district, Assam, on Saturday.

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. The blast sent the 2.5-tonne truck flying in the air before it landed several metres away.The militants then began firing at the security personnel using automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. 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. The recent incidents are temporary setbacks,” said Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay.Home minister Rajnath Singh spoke to CM Sarbananda Sonowal . Singh said the ministry was monitoring the situation. Sonowal told reporters that the attackers would get a befitting reply. 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. Four rocket-propelled grenade shells, IED splinters and countless empty AK-47 cartridges were found at the ambush site.In Video: Assam: Three jawans martyred in gunbattle, encounter underway </s> GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Eleven people, including a lawmaker and four of his family, were killed in an ambush by tribal separatists in the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

Heavily armed militants fired automatic weapons at the five-vehicle convoy of Tirong Aboh, a member of the legislative assembly for the state seat of Khonsa, in the Tirap district near the border with Myanmar, the police official said.

“We are yet to ascertain the group responsible for the attack,” the police official, who declined to be named as he is not authorized to talk to the media, told Reuters.

The area where the ambush took place is very remote, making investigation of the attack difficult, the official said.

"Extremely shocked by unfortunate incident of killing of Khonsa MLA Tirong Aboh along with several others by insurgents," Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu tweeted bit.ly/2WUdAqU.

Attacks on Indian officials by separatist militias have declined in recent years, though dozens of groups still operate in north and eastern areas of the country.

In April, five people including a lawmaker from India’s ruling party were killed in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh when Maoist militants detonated a bomb as an entourage traveled back from a campaign appearance. </s> Raipur/New Delhi: Nine CRPF personnel were today killed after suspected Naxals blew up their mine-protected vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, around a year after a dozen jawans were killed in a similar ambush in the district.

Officials said the incident took place around 12:30 PM along the Kistaram-Palodi road of the district when the troops of the 212th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were out on an operation.

At least nine men have been killed, while two other jawans suffered injuries after the mine-protected vehicle was blown up by multiple improvised explosive devices (IEDs) concealed under the dirt track, a senior official said. The injured personnel are being airlifted to Raipur, they said.

The rebels used a lot of explosives to blow up the vehicle, a state police official said.

Soon after the incident, reinforcements were rushed to the spot, around 500 kms from state capital Raipur, he said, adding further details were awaited. Officials added that the first encounter between the two sides took place at 8 am and later this contingent was targeted by the Maoists.

Twelve personnel of the force were killed on March 11 last year in the Bheji area of the district and their arms looted, when Naxals ambushed their patrol party. A few days later on April 24, twenty-five personnel of the paramilitary were killed in a similar ambush in Sukma. </s> Heavily armed militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ambushed an army convoy near the Pengeri reserve forest in the eastern Assam district of Tinsukia, about 550 km (340 miles) from the state's main city of Guwahati.

The ULFA has been fighting for an independent homeland in Assam since 1979. It now operates out of bases in Myanmar, bordering Assam.

"Militants belonging to the ULFA militants attacked the army convoy with rocket propelled grenades, hitting a truck and a jeep. Three soldiers were killed and four critically injured in the attack," Mukesh Agarwalla, Assam’s additional police chief, told Reuters.

The injured were airlifted to a nearby army base hospital with multiple wounds, according to the officials.

"The area is thickly forested and that gave the militants an edge to attack and escape immediately after the strike," an army commander said, requesting not to be identified.

Army, police, and paramilitary troopers have since launched a massive hunt for the rebels and to seal escape routes, an army official said. </s> One person was killed and two CRPF jawans were injured in three blasts triggered by unidentified outfits here on Sunday.

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.

Another explosion took place around 5 p.m. at BT Road near M-sector, a few metres away from the camp of the Assam Rifles.

A spokesman of the Assam Rifles said no jawan was injured in the blast.

About 10 minutes later, another blast occurred within the All India Radio complex, injuring two CRPF jawans, police officials said.

The explosions took place ahead of the 10-day Sangai festival in the Manipur capital from Monday. </s> At least nine personnel of the 212 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and two injured in a powerful IED blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday. Personnel were conducting an area-domination operation in a forest in the Kistaram area when their mine-protected vehicle (MPV) was reportedly blown up, possibly by several explosives.

According to official sources, the casualties are likely to rise. The injured personnel are being airlifted to Raipur.

Last April, in the biggest Maoist attack on CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh in the last seven years, 25 jawans were killed and six injured in an ambush in the Burkapal area of Sukma. According to officials, personnel from the 74th Battalion of CRPF were ambushed after emerging from their camp to secure an under-construction road in the area. </s> Three Indian soldiers and a militant were killed Tuesday in a gunbattle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.

Army spokesman Col. Rajesh Kalia said the army launched an operation early Tuesday to flush out militants from a northern village following a tip that some rebels were hiding there. The soldiers had cordoned off Hajin village when a fierce gunbattle broke out in which three soldiers and a rebel were killed.

At least five other soldiers, including an army officer, were wounded in the firefight, Kalia said.

There was no independent confirmation of the incidents.

Both India and Pakistan claim the Himalayan territory in its entirety. Rebel groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir have been fighting for independence or a merger with Pakistan since 1989. More than 68,000 people have been killed in the fighting.
Three soldiers are killed in an ambush in Assam.