Viplav Tripathi, the Commanding Officer of Khuga Battalion of Assam Rifles, a colonel rank officer, his family, and others died in an ambush, in fresh eruption of militant violence in the border state blamed on an insurgent outfit. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Manipur Naga People’s Front (MNPF) later claimed responsibility for the attack.
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