HT Correspondent
TINSUKIA, April 16: The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has claimed responsibility for the attack on an Assam Rifles vehicle carrying a patrol team in Namdang are of Margherita on Tuesday.
In a statement sent to several media outlets, Rumel Axom, a self-proclaimed captain of ULFA-I, alleged that several vehicles of the 13th Assam Rifles were damaged, and multiple soldiers were seriously injured.
According to sources, Hawladar Om Prakash sustained two bullet injuries in the attack and was airlifted to the Dinjan army hospital.
The incident occurred around 8 am when militants fired on the Assam Rifles vehicles as they traveled from Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, to Margherita.
“Militant groups easily infiltrate Indian territory through Arunachal Pradesh to carry out subversive activities. Arunachal Pradesh shares an international boundary with Myanmar and China. Militant groups take advantage of the rough terrain to enter India,” a police official said.
“We cannot currently determine which militant group carried out the attack. After a thorough investigation, we will be able to identify the group responsible for the assault on the Assam Rifles vehicle,” the official added.
