New Delhi , Jan 02 : The NIA has filed a chargesheet on Tuesday in connection with an ambush on an Assam Rifles (AR) patrol in 2017 that claimed the life of a jawan and injured another in Manipur’s Chandel district.
The chargesheet has been filed before a special court in State capital Imphal against six accused belonging to the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Manipur Naga People’s Front (MNPF).
Militants carried out the ambush on November 15, 2017 when a unit of the 4th battalion of the Assam Rifles was conducting a road opening task on the Chamol-Sajir Tampak road in Chandel district.
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Two AR troops were grievously injured in the ambush and one of the jawan later succumbed to his injuries.
( With PTI inputs )
