The militants attacked the convoy when the Colonel of the 46 Battalion of the Assam Rifles was going to supervise a civic action programme in the Churachandpur, bordering Myanmar.Terrorists first carried out IED blast to ambush the convoy of 46 Assam Rifles Commanding Officer Colonel Viplav Tripathi and then fired at the vehicles in Churachandpur, Manipur. The officer was returning from his forward company base to his battalion headquarters, news agency ANI quoted Army officials as saying.So far, no militant organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.The police and security forces have launched a massive search operation to nab the militants.Manipur has over 40 outlawed insurgent groups.
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