A Territorial Army officer was killed and three soldiers were injured during operations against a group of militants belonging to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) in Nagaland on Wednesday.
Three militants were killed in the operations and one civilian, an auto driver, was killed in the crossfire.
Major David Manlum with the Naga battalion of the Territorial Army (TA) was killed while leading the operations in Lapa Lempong and Oting village near Mon.
Major Manlum is from Assam and belongs to a family of Armymen.
His father is a retired subedar and his brother is currently serving.
Joint operation
Army sources said the joint operation, by 164 TA and 12 Para Special Forces of the Army, was launched following specific information on the militants’ movement on Tuesday night and the encounter began soon after.
The casualty occurred when the militants lobbed a grenade, officials said. The three injured soldiers of 12 Para were evacuated to the military hospital in Jorhat and are reportedly stable.
Security forces have recovered one AK-6, two AK guns of Chinese make, two grenades, three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and medicines from the area. Sanitisation operations are still under way.
