- NET Web Desk
The deadly ambush in Manipur which raised immediate retaliation against insurgent groups & separatist movements operating across Northeast India have led the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to register a case in the incident.
According to News 18 report, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had given the green nod to the investigative agency, after receiving it’s proposal of registering a case.
However, this indication have also been received by the Manipur Police.
The NIA has registered cases under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), including wage war against the government of India along with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Accordingly, the Manipur police is believed to hand-over all the relevant evidence and documents to the NIA.
“It is expected that the NIA team would visit the area and will talk to the local police in next week.” – informed the concerned report.
Meanwhile, as a part of the retaliation against this dastardly attack, the Phundrei and Mantripukhri battalions of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police recently apprehended two cadres of banned militant outfits – People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) in two separate operations launched in Thoubal and Imphal East districts of Manipur.
Its pertinent to note that the dastardly attack by terrorists on an Assam Rifles convoy on Saturday, took away the lives of 46 Assam Rifles Khuga Battalion Commanding Officer, Colonel Viplab Tripathi, his wife and their 8-year-old son, along with 4 other brave paramilitary personnel – Rfn Suman Swargiary, Rfn Khatnei Konyak, Rfn RP Meena, and Rfn Shyamal Das.
According to sources, the convoy was attacked at around 10 AM in Sehkan village of Churachandpur district adjacent to Indo-Myanmar border Pillar No. 43, when the Commanding Official was returning from his forward company base to his battalion headquarters.
According to intelligence reports, the insurgent outfits such as – People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Manipur Naga People’s Front (MNPF) and People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) are likely planning more such attacks by planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on routes utilized by the security forces.
The cowardly attack on security forces in Manipur, brought back memories of the June 2015 Chandel ambush in the state in which a Dogra battalion of the Indian Army lost 18 brave men.
