Assam : Suspected NSCN (IM) militants attack coal mining company workshop, two persons injured
Guwahati, Nov 29 (IBNS) : At least two persons were injured when suspected NSCN (IM) militants attacked at a workshop of a coal mining company in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday.
According to the reports, an armed group of the outfit had attacked at the workshop of a coal mining company at Ledo near Margherita in the upper Assam district and torched five vehicles parked at the workshop.
“The armed group consisting around 25 members had blank fired and beaten up the employees of the workshop. Two labourers of the workshop received injuries in the militant attacked and they were later admitted at nearest hospital,” a police official of Tinsukia district said.
The armed group had burnt down four dumpers and a tanker used by the company for mining.
The armed group had fled from the area before security personnel arrived.
Meanwhile, Tinsukia police and army had launched operation at the area against the attackers.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath,Image: Internet Wallpaper )
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