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Indian Forces Settled Score Killing 20 NE Insurgents for 18 Martyrs

Jun. 10 Defence, Murder, World Comments

[New Delhi] Indian Forces Settled Score Killing 20 NE Insurgents for 18 Martyrs
India’s First cross-border strike in Myanmar kills 20 NE insurgents
In the first such cross-border operation, special forces of the army in coordination with the air force Tuesday carried out a surgical strike inside Myanmar, killing nearly 20 insurgents of the groups believed to be reponsible for the deadly ambush in Manipur that killed 18 soldiers.
Elite commandos of the army went a few kilometers inside the Myanmar territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh last week by NSCN(K) and KYKL outfits.
The operation was guided by “specific and precise” intelligence input With no casualties among the Indian soldiers.
Commenting on the operation, MoS Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, a former colonel, said, “We crossed over to the Myanmar territory. We have good relations with them and we carried out the strike.”
Disclosing the operation, Major General Ranbir Singh, Additional Director General Military Operations, said army had been on “high alert” after Manipur attack on June 4.

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