AR foils sabotage attempt by insurgents
Source: The Sangai Express
Chandel, January 08 2022:
Sajik Tampak Battalion under the aegis of IGAR (S) foiled a sabotage attempt by insurgents to stage a deadly attack by detecting and destroying an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Chakpikarong Sub Division, Chandel District on January 6 .
During a routine patrolling, troops of Assam Rifles observed some suspicious wires protruding out of the ground at a road junction leading towards Border Pillars 50, said a statement of IGAR(S) .
The troops searched the area and detected an IED, it added.
After sanitisation of the area, the detected IED was destroyed on the spot to ensure security in the region and prevent any loss to life or property.