Imphal: In the worst such attack in two decades, insurgents on Thursday ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district killing at least 18 Army personnel and injuring 11 others.
Among those killed in the ambush in Manipur, was a soldier named Rajesh Chandel from Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh. The 37-year-old soldier was a Hawaldar in the 6 Dogra regiment and had served the nation for 19 years.
His father said no information was given about his son and no one came to meet them. He said, "We have not got any information from anyone. We are not being told when the body will arrive. They said the martyrs' postmortem is being done in Imphal."
A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked by an unidentified insurgent outfit first with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said.
After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons, Army sources said.
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