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ILCHAR: Suspected Hmar militants attacked an India Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp at Chekarcham in Cachar district on Friday injuring four
personnel. They also looted arms and ammunition and kidnapped five villagers on their way back.
Police said suspected Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) militants swooped down on the camp in the wee hours when the policemen were in deep sleep and started firing indiscriminately leaving four injured.
Before the securitymen could retaliate, the rebels stormed inside the camp and overpowered them. Then they looted arms and ammunition which includes 20 SLRs and two LMGs.
IRB camp's platoon commander Ramkrishna Paul, however, said the policemen fired few rounds before being overpowered by the militants. They abducted five people from the nearby villages on their way back, he added.
Pal said the camp is usually manned by 22 personnel. But during the attack, only 11 were present, he added.
The injured have been identified as havildar Prafulla Chandra Dey and constables Bijoy Kumar Roy, Iqbal Ahmed Tapadar and Kamrul Hussain Barbhuiyan. They were admitted to Silchar Medical Collage Hospital (SMCH) and the condition of Barbhuiyan is critical.
Soon after the incident, a contingent of police and CRPF led by SP (Cachar) Prasanta Kumar Bhuiyan rushed to Chekercham and started a hunt to nab the militants. Officials said a number of people from nearby Hmar Punjee and Khasi Punjee villages have been detained for interrogation.
DGP Shankar Baruah, who reached Silchar in the afternoon, reviewed the situation with senior police officials and asked them to take immediate action against the militants.
The IRB camp was raised at Chekarcham following the massacre of 29 Dimasa villagers by Hmar militants in March 2003.
In 1996, 250 HPC militants led by their chief T Sankhum surrendered in Silchar. But this didd't solve the problem of Hmar militancy in southern Assam and Mizoram areas as a new group HPC (Democratic) surfaced. HPC (D) is involved in kidnapping, extortion and killing and has links with militant outfits like NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K), sources said.
ILCHAR: Suspected Hmar militants attacked an India Reserve Battalion (IRB) camp at Chekarcham in Cachar district on Friday injuring four
personnel. They also looted arms and ammunition and kidnapped five villagers on their way back.
Police said suspected Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) militants swooped down on the camp in the wee hours when the policemen were in deep sleep and started firing indiscriminately leaving four injured.
Before the securitymen could retaliate, the rebels stormed inside the camp and overpowered them. Then they looted arms and ammunition which includes 20 SLRs and two LMGs.
IRB camp's platoon commander Ramkrishna Paul, however, said the policemen fired few rounds before being overpowered by the militants. They abducted five people from the nearby villages on their way back, he added.
Pal said the camp is usually manned by 22 personnel. But during the attack, only 11 were present, he added.
The injured have been identified as havildar Prafulla Chandra Dey and constables Bijoy Kumar Roy, Iqbal Ahmed Tapadar and Kamrul Hussain Barbhuiyan. They were admitted to Silchar Medical Collage Hospital (SMCH) and the condition of Barbhuiyan is critical.
Soon after the incident, a contingent of police and CRPF led by SP (Cachar) Prasanta Kumar Bhuiyan rushed to Chekercham and started a hunt to nab the militants. Officials said a number of people from nearby Hmar Punjee and Khasi Punjee villages have been detained for interrogation.
DGP Shankar Baruah, who reached Silchar in the afternoon, reviewed the situation with senior police officials and asked them to take immediate action against the militants.
The IRB camp was raised at Chekarcham following the massacre of 29 Dimasa villagers by Hmar militants in March 2003.
In 1996, 250 HPC militants led by their chief T Sankhum surrendered in Silchar. But this didd't solve the problem of Hmar militancy in southern Assam and Mizoram areas as a new group HPC (Democratic) surfaced. HPC (D) is involved in kidnapping, extortion and killing and has links with militant outfits like NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K), sources said.
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