Family of Commanding Officer Colonel Viplav Tripathi of Assam Rifles unit ambushed by terrorists in Manipur.
Four soldiers and the commanding officer of 46 Assam Rifles along with his eight-year-old son and wife were killed in an ambush by militants in Manipur's Singhat around 10 am on Saturday.
Colonel Viplav Tripathi the Commanding Officer of Khuga Battalion of Assam Rifles, his wife and son, besides four personnel of the paramilitary force were killed in an ambush in Manipur on Saturday morning, in fresh eruption of militant violence in the border state, officials said.
Tripathi's convoy was targeted at Sehkan village in Churachandpur district by suspected militants of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), a militant group in Manipur demanding a separate homeland.
Four others who were injured in the incident were taken to Behiang Primary Health Centre in a critical condition. Two others have sustained minor injuries.
Manipur-based People's Liberation Army is suspected to be behind the attack. However, no militant organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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