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Militant Attack In Manipur : Commanding Officer 46 Assam Rifles, Wife, Son, Four Soldiers Killed, Rajnath Singh, CM Biren Singh Slam Attack, Promise Justice

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In a daring attack by militants this time In the North Eastern state of Manipur, Commanding officer of 46 Assam Rifles along with his wife, 8-year-old son  and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur, around 10 am on Saturday, reported CNN-IBN.

The commanding officer has been identified as Colonel Viplav Tripathi,  who was “returning from one of his Coy posts in Myanmar border” when the attack took place at around 10 am in Churachandpur district, close to the border.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that the perpetrators would be “brought to justice”. “Strongly condemn the cowardly attack on a convoy of 46 AR which has reportedly killed few personnel including the CO & his family at CCpur today. The State forces & Para military are already on their job to track down the militants,” he tweeted.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh too condemned the attack and expressed grief

Sambit Patra, BJP National Spokesperson too expressed his deep anguish in his tweet

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