NEW DELHI: An Assam Rifles jawan was killed and four others injured after a patrol team came under suspected militant attack along the India-Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Tuesday, news agency PTI cited officials.The incident took place around 6.30am near Nampong Nallah under Nampong circle, when personnel of the 21 Assam Rifles were patrolling an area where border fencing work is under way.Preliminary reports suggested that suspected militants opened fire on the patrol team, killing Havildar Jankhokai Kuki, 42, and injuring four others.The injured personnel were being evacuated for medical treatment.Details about their condition were not immediately available.Security forces have intensified operations in the area following the attack, officials said.Preliminary reports indicated the involvement of militants belonging to the NSCN (K-YA), though there was no official confirmation about the identity of the attackers.
An official statement from the Assam Rifles is awaited.Changlang SP Kirli Padu said police had received information about the incident and directed the officer-in-charge of Changlang police station to gather details.“We have received information about the incident that took place along the India-Myanmar border and have asked the OC of Changlang police station to collect information related to it,” Padu said.The India-Myanmar border in Changlang district has remained sensitive because of the movement of insurgent groups operating in the region and across the international boundary.