Photo for representational purpose only. AFP
Guwahati, June 17
Three Assam Rifles men were killed and two injured when rebel National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang faction) attacked their vehicle at Aboi in Mon district of Nagaland bordering Myanmar on Sunday.
NSCN-K rebels threw grenades and fired heavily on the Assam Rifles vehicle deployed to fetch water from a river at Aboi.
Two of the slain jawans were identified as Shyam Bahadur and Alom Hussain, while those injured were Sachin Kumar and Dileep Singh.
The security men retaliated, but casualty on the other side was yet to be ascertained, sources said. — TNS
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